frankly

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  • adv.坦率地；直率地；（表示直言）老实说
  • Web坦白地；坦率地说；真诚地

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frankly
adv.
1.
坦率地；直率地in an honest and direct way that people might not like
He spoke frankly about the ordeal.
他直率地讲出了苦难的经历。
They frankly admitted their responsibility.
他们坦率地承认了责任。
2.
（表示直言）老实说used to show that you are being honest about sth, even though people might not like what you are saying
Frankly, I couldn't care less what happens to him.
说实话，我才不管他出什么事呢。
Quite frankly , I'm not surprised you failed.
老实说，我对你的失败不感到意外。

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1.
"He seems to have opted for a different route. And frankly we do not have any more trust in him. "
“看样子他已经选择了一条不同的道路。而且坦白说，我们已经不再信任他了。”
" kān yàng zi tā yǐ jīng xuǎn zé le yī tiáo bù tóng de dào lù 。 ér qiě tǎn bái shuō , wǒ men yǐ jīng bú zài xìn rèn tā le 。 "
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2.
'Wealth is an advantage, but it also is frankly a responsibility, ' he said in an interview.
他在一次采访中说，财富是一种优势，但老实说它也是一种责任。
tā zài yī cì cǎi fǎng zhōng shuō , cái fù shì yī zhǒng yōu shì , dàn lǎo shí shuō tā yě shì yī zhǒng zé rèn 。
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3.
Frankly, I have been accustomed to regard your president as a statesman whose mouth was the most efficient part of his head.
但白他说，我已习惯子把你们的总统看作一个政治家，因为他的嘴巴是他五官中最有效用的部分。肖伯纳用
dàn bái tā shuō , wǒ yǐ xí guàn zǐ bǎ nǐ men de zǒng tǒng kàn zuò yī gè zhèng zhì jiā , yīn wèi tā de zuǐ ba shì tā wǔ guān zhōng zuì yǒu xiào yòng de bù fen 。 xiāo bó nà yòng
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4.
After that, she told him frankly that she was a prostitute.
然后坦率地告诉他她是一个妓女。
rán hòu tǎn shuài de gào su tā tā shì yī gè jì nǚ 。
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5.
In recent months, China's international image has morphed from global economic savior into, frankly, a bit of a bully.
近几个月来，中国的国际形象，坦率地讲，已经从全球经济的救世主变得有点像恶霸了。
jìn jǐ gè yuè lái , zhōng guó de guó jì xíng xiàng , tǎn shuài de jiǎng , yǐ jīng cóng quán qiú jīng jì de jiù shì zhǔ biàn de yǒu diǎn xiàng è bà le 。
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6.
But frankly, a lot of times, structurally speaking for the scene, the point is to irritate you know.
但坦白来说很多时候，按照情节的需要我的台词就是要惹恼他人嘛。
dàn tǎn bái lái shuō hěn duō shí hou , àn zhào qíng jié de xū yào wǒ de tái cí jiù shì yào rě nǎo tā rén ma 。
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7.
She just looked down at me, brushed the hair out of my face and said frankly , "I don't know. "
她只是低下头来看看我，帮我拨开垂在脸颊的头发坦白地说道：“我不知道。”
tā zhǐ shì dī xià tóu lái kàn kan wǒ , bāng wǒ bō kāi chuí zài liǎn jiá de tóu fà tǎn bái de shuō dào : " wǒ bù zhī dào 。 "
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8.
Frankly, I think you are man of excellent talant. You will be on the top of the others. this point I believe you. It is ture!
坦白的说，你是一个了不起的人，你将会在其他人之上，我坚信这点，真的！
tǎn bái de shuō , nǐ shì yī gè liǎo bu qǐ de rén , nǐ jiāng huì zài qí tā rén zhī shàng , wǒ jiān xìn zhè diǎn , zhēn de !
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And the first thing I am going to tell you frankly about it is that this country has got to be governed, not by you, but by your ministers.
我要坦率地告诉你的头一件事就是这个国家必须有人统治，不是由你，而是由你的大臣们。
wǒ yào tǎn shuài de gào su nǐ de tóu yī jiàn shì jiù shì zhè ge guó jiā bì xū yǒu rén tǒng zhì , bú shì yóu nǐ , ér shì yóu nǐ de dà chén men 。
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Frankly speaking, people with the same age of me normally have already done pretty well in the career and are also married.
说实的，一般人到了我这个年纪大概事业已有一点基础同时已经结了婚。
shuō shí de , yì bān rén dào le wǒ zhè ge nián jì dà gài shì yè yǐ yǒu yì diǎn jī chǔ tóng shí yǐ jīng jié le hūn 。
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