Word · Frequency #21828
shamelessly
/ˈʃeɪmləsli/
adverb
无耻地；厚颜无耻地
in a way that shows no shame; impudently
- 1.
In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.
不知羞耻地；无耻地；厚颜无耻地。
- 2.
without shame
无耻地
不知羞耻地；无耻地；厚颜无耻地。；无耻地；不知羞耻地
In use
He shamelessly copied his friend's homework and handed it in as his own.
She shamelessly asked for a raise after only a week on the job.
They shamelessly used their position to get special treatment.
shamelessly + verb
shamelessly 通常含贬义，强调做坏事时不知羞耻。
He shamelessly ignored the rules.
他无耻地无视规则。
verb + shamelessly
副词也可放在动词后，语气相同。
She boasted shamelessly about her wealth.
她厚颜无耻地吹嘘自己的财富。
be + shamelessly + adjective
也可修饰形容词或分词，表示“在……方面毫无顾忌”。
Connections
Collocations
- shamelessly flaunt
- 无耻地炫耀
- He shamelessly flaunted his wealth at the party.他在聚会上无耻地炫耀自己的财富。
- shamelessly promote
- 厚颜无耻地推销
- The advertisement shamelessly promotes sugary drinks to children.这则广告厚颜无耻地向儿童推销含糖饮料。
- shamelessly steal
- 厚颜无耻地窃取
- They shamelessly stole the startup's idea and launched their own product.他们厚颜无耻地窃取了这家初创公司的创意，然后推出自己的产品。
- shamelessly lie
- 无耻地撒谎
- She shamelessly lied about her work experience during the interview.她在面试中无耻地谎报了自己的工作经验。
- shamelessly self-promote
- 厚颜无耻地自我推销
- He shamelessly self-promotes at every networking event.他在每次社交活动上都厚颜无耻地自我推销。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 shame（羞耻）丢掉，加上 less（没有）和 ly（副词尾），连起来就是不知羞耻地做事。记住：shame 没了，脸皮就厚了。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：社会评论、新闻报道、日常对话 该词通常用于批评或描述不顾羞耻、厚颜的行为，正式与非正式场合都比较常见，可译为“无耻地”或“厚颜无耻地”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
目标词 shamelessly 读 /ˈʃeɪmləsli/。aimlessly、blamelessly、namelessly 与它押韵，重音都在 /eɪ/，之后都是 /mləsli/。注意 shamefully 拼写相似，但读 /ˈʃeɪmfəli/，不押韵；shameless 是形容词，读 /ˈʃeɪmləs/，词性不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.