brazen

• adj. 厚顏無恥的；黃銅製的
• vt. 使變得無恥；厚臉皮地做

同brass, 黃銅。原指黃銅色，看不出臉紅的人。

brazen (adj.)

Old English bræsen "of brass," from bræs "brass" (see brass) + -en (2). The figurative sense of "hardened in effrontery" is 1570s (in brazen-face), perhaps suggesting a face unable to show shame (see brass). To brazen it out "face impudently" is from 1550s.

1. They're quite brazen about their bisexuality, it doesn't worry them.

他們在自己的雙性戀問題上無所顧忌，毫不為意。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She had become brazen about the whole affair.

她對整件事已經不感到羞恥了。

來自《權威詞典》

3. The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.

那無恥的女子衝著給她判刑的法官高聲大笑.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.

有的人不願承認失敗,而是寧肯厚著臉皮幹下去.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. They showed a brazen disregard for her privacy.

他們明目張膽地無視她的隱私權.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》