| 单词 | frankly |
| 释义 | frankly (fræŋkli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB adjective/-ed] B2 You use frankly when you are expressing an opinion or feeling to emphasize that you mean what you are saying, especially when the person you are speaking to may not like it. [emphasis] 'You don't give a damn about my feelings, do you?'—'Quite frankly, I don't.' Frankly, Thomas, this question of your loan is beginning to worry me. I was frankly astonished at the singer's interpretation of the song. Synonyms: honestly, sincerely, in truth, candidly 2. See also frank Collocations: frankly ridiculous In a statement to the disciplinary panel she described the version of events that her classmates gave as 'frankly ridiculous' and 'gossip, speculation and rumour'. Times, Sunday Times If that was sublime, the next goal after 31 minutes was frankly ridiculous. The Sun It all comes down to this — weddings are brilliant because of the extraordinary, but frankly ridiculous, atmosphere of optimism. Times, Sunday Times The kindly might describe him as a heroic failure, but the less benign mock him as the fabricator of outmoded and, often, frankly ridiculous confections. Times, Sunday Times Now some of the descriptions and narratives in it seem frankly ridiculous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The characters have become miserable and unamusing cartoons of real life with story lines that are hardly better and frankly unbelievable. Times, Sunday Times These theatrically interiorized lives are frankly unbelievable (or if believable, repugnant). The Times Literary Supplement The charges against him are hearsay: circumstantial, illogical and frankly unbelievable. Times, Sunday Times They said conditions inside were 'frankly unbelievable'. The Sun A policy of complete transparency would make it impossible for people to speak frankly for fear that their words would become public. Christianity Today There are courtiers who claim to have heard him speak frankly. Times, Sunday Times The underlying principle was to encourage parties to speak frankly and thus to promote settlement. Times, Sunday Times While you can't reassure them, you can speak frankly, discussing their anxieties, what you know to be true and what remains uncertain. Times, Sunday Times He regarded public service as a high calling, and his sense of vocation emboldened him always to speak frankly to ministers, no matter how unpalatable his views. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 坦白地 Japanese: 率直に |
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