• adj. 公然的；不能容忍的；非常的；臭名遠(yuǎn)揚的；明目張膽的；惡名昭著的（名詞flagrancy，副詞flagrantly）

來自PIE*bhleg, 照明，閃光，來自PIE*bhel的擴(kuò)大形式，詞源同flame, blaze. 原義為閃光的，輝煌的。然后由于不知道的原因詞義貶義化。參照中國反腐案例。

flagrant

flagrant: [15] Etymologically, flagrant means ‘burning, blazing’. It comes, via French, from the present participle of Latin flagrāre ‘burn’ (source of English conflagration [16]). This in turn went back to Indo-European *bhleg-, which also produced English flame. The use of flagrant for ‘shameless, shocking’, an 18th-century development, comes from the Latin phrase in flagrante delicto ‘red-handed’, literally ‘with the crime still blazing’.
=> conflagration, flame

flagrant (adj.)

c. 1500, "resplendent" (obsolete), from Latin flagrantem (nominative flagrans) "burning, blazing, glowing," figuratively "glowing with passion, eager, vehement," present participle of flagrare "to burn, blaze, glow" from Proto-Italic *flagro- "burning" (cognates: Oscan flagio-, an epithet of Iuppiter), corresponding to PIE *bhleg-ro-, from *bhleg- "to shine, flash, burn" (cognates: Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin fulgere "to shine"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Sense of "glaringly offensive, scandalous" (rarely used of persons) first recorded 1706, probably from common legalese phrase flagrante delicto "while the crime is being committed, red-handed," literally "with the crime still blazing." Related: Flagrantly.

1. The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law"

法官稱這一決定是“對國際法的公然違背”。

來自柯林斯例句

2. a flagrant abuse of human rights

粗暴的踐踏人權(quán)

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Telling the story was a flagrant breach of trust.

說謊是一種可恥的破壞信譽的行為.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.

襲擊平民的舉動公然違背了和平協(xié)定.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. His failure to turn his attention to flagrant wastes of public money is inexcusable.

他未能注意到公共資金的公然浪費，這是不可原諒的。

來自柯林斯例句