每日单词：brazen
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brazen
英 ['breɪzn] 美 ['breɪzn]
adj.厚颜无耻的；明目张胆的；响而刺耳的；黄铜(制)的 v.厚着脸皮做；使变得无耻；无耻地对待
◉词源
Brazen
（厚颜无耻的）约14世纪进入英语，作为形容词源自 brazen（黄铜制的），来自古英语 bræsen（黄铜的）。演变过程：从字面“像黄铜一样闪亮、坚硬”逐步引申为“厚脸皮、无耻的、大胆放肆的”比喻义（因黄铜的坚硬与不羞耻联想）。词根 bras-（黄铜，古英语 bræs）；后缀 -en（表示“由……制成的”）
◉外刊例句
①
The New York Times, 2000:
WRITERS ON WRITING; Real Life, That Bizarre And
Brazen
Plagiarist.
写作人谈写作；现实生活，那个离奇而厚颜无耻的剽窃者。
②
The New York Times, 2025:
Newsom Slams Trump For '
Brazen
Abuse of Power'.
纽森抨击特朗普‘厚颜无耻的滥用权力’。
◉ Usage Examples
(1) It was
brazen
of him to say so.
(2) They showed a
brazen
disregard for her privacy.
(3) The case of the pesticide plant reflects
brazen
discrimination.
(4) He was startled by the
brazen
notes of the horns.
(5) Some people prefer to
brazen
a thing out rather than admit defeat.
(1) 他这样说真是无耻。
(2) 他们明目张胆地无视她的隐私权。
(3) 杀虫剂厂的案例反映了一种明目张胆的歧视态度。
(4) 喇叭洪亮的声音把他吓了一跳。
(5) 有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。
◉ Usage Notes
With
brazen
disregard for the sign that said "no cellphones please" the woman took a long call in the doctor's office waiting room. Brazen refers to something shocking, done shamelessly.
The Middle English word was
brasen
"made of brass," from Old English bræsen, from bræs "brass." In fact a near synonym of brazen is our English word brassy, which has the additional meaning of being loud and showy.
◉柯林斯词典
1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无所顾忌的；肆无忌惮的
If you describe a person or their behaviour as brazen, you mean that they are very bold and do not care what other people think about them or their behaviour.
They're quite
brazen
about their bisexuality, it doesn't worry them.
他们在自己的双性恋问题上无所顾忌，毫不为意。
brazenly
He was
brazenly
running a $400,000-a-month drug operation from the prison.
他在监狱里肆无忌惮地操纵着每月40万美元的毒品生意。
相关词组：
brazen out