shamelessly [
'ʃeimlisli]
ad. 不知羞耻地
shamelessly[ adv ]
without shame
<adv.all>
he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it
Shameless \Shame"less\, a. [AS. scamle['a]s.]
1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced;
insensible to disgrace. ``Such shameless bards we have.''
--Pope.
Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.
--Shak.
2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace;
indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.
Syn: Impudent; unblushing; audacious; immodest; indecent;
indelicate.
※ -- {Shame"less*ly}, adv. --
{Shame"less*ness}, n.
- The importance _ and difficulty _ of fund raising is not lost on Heath, who offered this simple assessment during a trip to Washington seeking political action committee support: "You're just sort of shamelessly begging.
- When she wins she celebrates in her own style, enjoying her money, gambling shamelessly.
- It fled shamelessly at the appearance of a fearsome tiger heron.
- Such an attitude comes naturally to a monopoly which believes it can shamelessly exploit a captive customer base.
- To the delight of the shamelessly supportive Centre Court crowd Bailey took a two sets to one lead and was ahead 2-0 and 30-0 in the fourth.
- When the Venetian ambassadors arrive, they do so as a strong forward wave of crimson brocade and fur, shamelessly spectacular. Shamelessness and spectacle carry the weight of the production elsewhere too.
- During a nationally televised news conference, Mrs. Aquino said: "We shall not entertain any offer to negotiate from those who have shamelessly betrayed the solemn oath of a soldier to defend the Constitution.