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单词 openly
释义
openly
adverb
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən.li/us
/ˈoʊ.pən.li/
C1
withouthidingany ofyourthoughtsorfeelings:
公开地；坦率地，坦诚地；毫不隐讳地
They were openlycontemptuousof mysuggestions.他们公然蔑视我的建议。
Wediscussedourreservationsabout thecontractquiteopenly.我们相当坦诚地讨论了我们对这份合同的保留意见。
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  • I'mtiredof all thesecloak-and-daggermeetings- let'sdiscusstheissuesopenly.
  • Heansweredopenly andhonestlywithouthesitationorequivocation.
  • Dealers are openlyplyingdrugsinschoolplaygrounds.
  • Manyparentsfeelreluctanttotalkopenly withtheirchildren.
  • They are openlyscornfulof the newplans.
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(Definition ofopenlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

openly| Business English

openly
adverb
uk
/ˈəʊpənli/us
withouthidingany ofyourthoughtsorfeelings:
Wediscussedourreservationsabout thecontractquiteopenly.
(Definition ofopenlyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopenly

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In the flood of recent literature, a controversy about a basic theoretical issue is perceptible, even though it is rarely addressedopenly.
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Developments in cybernetics should beopenlydebated with accountability to the public, especially for investment of public funds.
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A bhattarak is a landed and therefore fairly wealthy celibate figure, who dresses in orange robes whichopenlysignify his religious status.
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Heopenlyadmitted that he had turned to fiction because the historical genre was insufficient for his aims.
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Continuedopenlyauthoritarian rule, or authoritarian reversal, could not have seemed a viable option in the 1990s for countries so dependent on external aid.
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Whenever royal authority wasopenlychallenged, however, the monarchy responded with more coercive force than it could control.
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That discourse, though, remained opaque and was significant more for what was left unsaid than what wasopenly, though belatedly, expressed.
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It must be admittedopenlythat here are criticisms of, and drawbacks with, both performance assessment and many currently available language ability scales.
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Rather, we should engageopenlyand critically with the messy ambiguities of the world.
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Official newspapers,openlycontrolled and funded by the government, were the most obvious way in which governments influenced the press.
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He struggledopenlywith the younger man to destroy his authority and scatter his followers.
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First, none of the legal changes introduced during the 1990s hasopenlyacknowledged the existence of consumer rights.
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At the same time, his prejudices - to present-day mores, crude and racial - wereopenlyexpressed.
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Throughout the project we placed priority on building a close rapport with one another andopenlyspeaking about personal issues as well as professional matters.
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Probably, in some cases, they explicitly drew their inspiration from that source, although not acknowledging itopenly.
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