bare-faced
bare-faced — 形容詞
1. done in a bold and obvious way that hides nothing and shows no shame about being
厚顏；公然
做錯事還毫不遮掩的
done in a bold and obvious way that hides nothing and shows no shame about being wrong
The company made a bare-faced attempt to blame junior staff.
那家公司做出厚顏的企圖，把責任推給基層員工。
collocation: bare-faced attempt
Yael gave a bare-faced denial even after the video appeared.
即使影片都出現了，Yael 仍公然否認。
collocation: bare-faced denial
Bare-faced cheating during the exam shocked the whole class.
考試時公然作弊讓全班都很震驚。
Zuri told a bare-faced lie about the missing laptop.
Zuri 對那台不見的筆電說了個厚顏的謊。
文法句型
bare-faced + noun
用法筆記
Most often appears before nouns such as lie, denial, theft, or insult. Stronger than open because it suggests the speaker sees the behaviour as shameless as well as obvious.
2. describing a person whose face is open to view because nothing is covering it
未蒙面
臉上沒有戴面具或遮蓋物
describing a person whose face is open to view because nothing is covering it
Emily entered the clinic bare-faced, with no mask over her mouth.
Emily 未蒙面走進診所，嘴巴上沒有戴口罩。
literal use: no mask covering the face
The singer appeared bare-faced on stage while every dancer wore a mask.
那位歌手未蒙面出現在舞台上，而每位舞者都戴著面具。
contrast: bare-faced vs masked
After the costume contest, Sayaka stayed bare-faced beside her masked friends.
化裝比賽結束後，Sayaka 仍未蒙面站在一群戴面具的朋友旁邊。
At the parade, the only bare-faced child stood beside four masked pirates.
在遊行裡，唯一未蒙面的孩子站在四個戴面具的海盜旁邊。
文法句型
bare-faced + noun
look bare-faced
用法筆記
This literal sense is less common in modern everyday English than the figurative sense above. In older use, it can also describe someone who has no beard, but beardless is clearer when facial hair is the only point.