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flagrant adj.恶名昭著的；明目张胆的 (1) 说谎是一种可耻的破坏信誉的行为。(2) 我的经理因明目张胆地滥用公司的资金而被解雇。 The current meaning of the adjective flagrant — "obviously offensive or disgraceful" — is thought to derive from the Latin legal term in flagrante delicto, which literally meant "with fire still blazing" and is used figuratively to describe a situation in which the criminal is caught red handed. Aside from a flagrant abuse of the law, the word can also be used to describe anything that is obviously bad — like flagrant bad taste or flagrant abuse of the rules of grammar.

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英 ['fleɪɡrənt] 美 ['fleɪɡrənt] (1) Telling the story was a flagrant breach of trust.(2) My manager was fired for a flagrant abuse of company funds. Something flagrant is bad — so bad you can't ignore it. A flagrant foul in sports might send you to the bench, and a flagrant violation of the law might send you to the slammer. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]骇人听闻的；罪恶昭彰的；公然的 You can use flagrant to describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way.   [ADJ n]  [disapproval]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”。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。flagrantlyIt is a situation where basic human rights are being flagrantly abused.这种情形是对基本人权的公然践踏。

英语单词	flagrant
英美音标	英 ['fleɪɡrənt] 美 ['fleɪɡrənt]
中文释义	adj.恶名昭著的；明目张胆的
英语例句	(1) Telling the story was a flagrant breach of trust. (2) My manager was fired for a flagrant abuse of company funds.
中文例句	(1) 说谎是一种可耻的破坏信誉的行为。 (2) 我的经理因明目张胆地滥用公司的资金而被解雇。
vocabulary简明	Something flagrant is bad — so bad you can't ignore it. A flagrant foul in sports might send you to the bench, and a flagrant violation of the law might send you to the slammer.
vocabulary扩展	The current meaning of the adjective flagrant — "obviously offensive or disgraceful" — is thought to derive from the Latin legal term in flagrante delicto, which literally meant "with fire still blazing" and is used figuratively to describe a situation in which the criminal is caught red handed. Aside from a flagrant abuse of the law, the word can also be used to describe anything that is obviously bad — like flagrant bad taste or flagrant abuse of the rules of grammar.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]骇人听闻的；罪恶昭彰的；公然的 You can use flagrant to describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way. [ADJ n] [disapproval] 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”。 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。 flagrantly It is a situation where basic human rights are being flagrantly abused. 这种情形是对基本人权的公然践踏。

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