【brazen】 - SAT备考词汇

brazen

UK:  ['breɪz(ə)n]

US:  ['breɪz(ə)n]

v.

1.厚着脸皮;硬着头皮

adj.

1.厚颜无耻的

2.黄铜制的;黄铜色的;(黄铜一样)坚硬的

3.(像破铜锣一样)声音响而刺耳的

4.傲慢;肆无忌惮

5.悖理

1 . You know, you are pretty brazen for a woman who just admitted, however tacitly, that she just slept with my husband.
作为女人，你真的很厚颜无耻。尽管很隐晦，但你还是承认了和我丈夫有奸情。

2 . Now that everyone knew the truth, the only thing to do was to brazen it out.
既然大家都知道真相了，只好硬着头皮撑过去。

3 . And North Korea's growing nuclear capacity "may explain why they felt emboldened to carry out an attack as brazen as this, " he said.
而朝鲜日益增强的核武器能力“或许可以解释，他们为什么胆敢如此明目张胆地发动这类攻击，”他说。

4 . She was so brazen in her deception and incompetence that she told me she was doing it (as stated above).
她在她的骗术中表现得如此厚颜无耻与没有资格，以至于她告诉我她正是那样做的（如上所诉）。

5 . In Bulgaria brazen attempts to rig a nuclear power tender seem to have left politicians helpless.
而有人无耻的操纵一个核能项目招标则让保加利亚的政客们无计可施。