barefaced

英 [beə'feɪst] 美 ['bɛrfest]
  • adj. 公然的;厚颜无耻的;不戴面具的

英文词源


barefaced (adj.)
1580s, "with face uncovered or shaven;" see bare (adj.) + face (n.). Thus, "unconcealed" (c. 1600), and, in a bad sense, "shameless" (1670s). Compare effrontery. The half-French bare-vis (adj.) conveyed the same sense in Middle English.

双语例句


1. The most furious anarchist become the most barefaced apostate.
最激烈的无政府主义者,居然成了最露骨的变节者.

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2. What barefaced cheek!
真是厚颜无耻!

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3. For barefaced lying you are really it.
以无耻造谣而论,你真算得上天下第一.

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4. Oh, come you know, this is too barefaced.
唔,喂, 你们知道, 这简直太无耻了.

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5. It's barefaced robbery asking such a high price for that old bicycle!
那辆旧自行车要价如此之高真是无耻的敲诈.

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