brazen
音标：
英音/ ˈbreɪz(ə)n / 美音/ ˈbreɪz(ə)n /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
The murders were so brazen, so brutal, they stunned the people of Missouri.
谋杀是如此明目张胆、如此残酷，令密苏里州人民震惊。
—New York Times
Anxiety has grown since the fighters, two Russian paramilitary groups aligned with Kyiv, staged a brazen two-day attack in a nearby area, briefly taking several villages.
自从这两个与基辅结盟的俄罗斯准军事组织在附近地区发动为期两天的明目张胆的袭击并短暂占领了几个村庄以来，人们的焦虑情绪不断加剧。
—New York Times
Police Assistant Chief Andre Wright appealed for information from witnesses on what he called a “brazen attack.”
警察助理局长安德烈·赖特呼吁目击者提供有关他所说的“无耻袭击”的信息。
—Washington Times
基本释意：
adjective
unrestrained by convention or propriety
厚颜无耻的；无所顾忌的；黄铜制的；黄铜色的；（声音）响而刺耳的
同义词：
audacious,bald-faced,barefaced,bodacious,brassy,brazen-faced,insolent
短释义：
The Middle English word was brasen, “made of brass,” from Old English bræs, “brass.” In its literal sense, this word can mean “made of or resembling brass,” as in a brazen drinking cup from a medieval castle. It can also mean overly or disrespectfully bold. A near synonym of brazen is our English word brassy, which has the additional meaning of being loud and showy.
这位女士无视“禁止使用手机”的牌子，在牙医候诊室里打了很长时间的电话，激怒了其他病人。 Brazen 描述了令人震惊或无耻的行为。
长释义：
The Middle English word was brasen, “made of brass,” from Old English bræs, “brass.” In its literal sense, this word can mean “made of or resembling brass,” as in a brazen drinking cup from a medieval castle. It can also mean overly or disrespectfully bold. A near synonym of brazen is our English word brassy, which has the additional meaning of being loud and showy.
中古英语单词brasen，“由黄铜制成”，源自古英语bræs，“黄铜”。从字面意义上讲，这个词的意思是“由黄铜制成或类似黄铜”，就像中世纪城堡中的黄铜饮水杯一样。它也可能意味着过度或不尊重的大胆。 Brazen 的近义词是我们的英语单词 Brassy，它还有大声和炫耀的附加含义。
文学例句：
Then she rose again, brazen with her various sins—pride, gluttony, avarice, uncooperativeness—and for each she paid with a life.
然后她又站了起来，对自己的各种罪孽——骄傲、暴食、贪婪、不合作——毫不掩饰，并为每一个罪孽付出了生命的代价。
—Atonement by Ian McEwan
The dog had never seen such a brazen goat, and it backed away, bewildered.
那条狗从来没有见过如此厚颜无耻的山羊，它一脸困惑地向后退去。
—The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
The Shavepate was clad in a pleated black skirt and a muscled breastplate, with a brazen helm shaped like a serpent’s head beneath one arm.
剃头者身着褶皱黑色裙子和肌肉发达的胸甲，一只手臂下戴着一顶蛇头形状的黄铜头盔。
—A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
词源：
brazen (adj.)Old English bræsen “of brass,” from bræs “brass” (see brass (n.)) + -en (2). The figurative sense of “hardened in effrontery” is from 1570s (in brazen-faced), perhaps suggesting a face unable to show shame. To brazen it “face impudently” is from 1550s. Related: Brazenly.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
brazen（形容词）古英语 bræsen“黄铜的”，源自 bræs“黄铜”（参见黄铜 (n.)）+ -en (2)。 “厚颜无耻”的比喻意义来自 1570 年代（厚颜无耻），也许暗示着一张无法表现出羞耻的脸。厚颜无耻地说“无礼地面对”是从1550年代开始的。相关：厚颜无耻。相关条目及更多
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