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flagrant的意思

flagrant

英 ['fleɪgr(ə)nt] 美 ['fleɡrənt]
  • adj. 公然的;不能容忍的;非常的;臭名远扬的;明目张胆的;恶名昭著的(名词flagrancy,副词flagrantly)

flagrant

助记提示


1. flagr- + -ant.
2. => burning, blazing, glowing.
3. 引申为:公然的,明目张胆的;臭名远扬的,声名狼藉的。
4. fragrance, flagrance: r 是一朵花,l 像个粪勺.
5. flagrance => flagrant.
6. fragrant前面是r联想成“花”,flagrant前面是l联想成“棍子”。
7. 有花(r)才芳香(fragrant),拿棍子(l)打人的是明目张胆的、臭名昭著的(flagrant)。

中文词源


flagrant 罪恶昭彰的

来自PIE*bhleg, 照明,闪光,来自PIE*bhel的扩大形式,词源同flame, blaze. 原义为闪光的,辉煌的。然后由于不知道的原因词义贬义化。参照中国反腐案例。

英文词源


flagrant
flagrant: [15] Etymologically, flagrant means ‘burning, blazing’. It comes, via French, from the present participle of Latin flagrāre ‘burn’ (source of English conflagration [16]). This in turn went back to Indo-European *bhleg-, which also produced English flame. The use of flagrant for ‘shameless, shocking’, an 18th-century development, comes from the Latin phrase in flagrante delicto ‘red-handed’, literally ‘with the crime still blazing’.
=> conflagration, flame
flagrant (adj.)
c. 1500, "resplendent" (obsolete), from Latin flagrantem (nominative flagrans) "burning, blazing, glowing," figuratively "glowing with passion, eager, vehement," present participle of flagrare "to burn, blaze, glow" from Proto-Italic *flagro- "burning" (cognates: Oscan flagio-, an epithet of Iuppiter), corresponding to PIE *bhleg-ro-, from *bhleg- "to shine, flash, burn" (cognates: Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin fulgere "to shine"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Sense of "glaringly offensive, scandalous" (rarely used of persons) first recorded 1706, probably from common legalese phrase flagrante delicto "while the crime is being committed, red-handed," literally "with the crime still blazing." Related: Flagrantly.

双语例句


1. The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law"
法官称这一决定是“对国际法的公然违背”。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a flagrant abuse of human rights
粗暴的践踏人权

来自《权威词典》

3. Telling the story was a flagrant breach of trust.
说谎是一种可耻的破坏信誉的行为.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.
袭击平民的举动公然违背了和平协定.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. His failure to turn his attention to flagrant wastes of public money is inexcusable.
他未能注意到公共资金的公然浪费,这是不可原谅的。

来自柯林斯例句