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单词 unvarnished
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Definition of unvarnished in English:

unvarnished

adjectiveʌnˈvɑːnɪʃtˌənˈvɑrnɪʃt
  • 1Not covered with varnish.

    unvarnished woodwork
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Awareness of the smooth page clouds the difference between varnished and unvarnished oil paint, between opaque and transparent watercolour.
    • The camera enters a living room with scraps of wallpaper clinging to old plaster and dusty unvarnished floorboards.
    • Yellow and orange sponge-painted walls are accentuated by unpainted, unvarnished wooden tables.
    • One of the first aspects you can see upon arriving at the hostel is the raw, unvarnished timber that composes the various structures that speckle the area.
    • Instead, he's worked with traditional materials and contrasting textures - unvarnished wood, raw silk - to create a style that is clearly modern, but remains richly Alpine in spirit.
    Synonyms
    bare, plain, unpainted, unlacquered, unpolished, unfinished, untreated, raw, natural, matt
    stripped
  • 2(of a statement or manner) plain and straightforward.

    please tell me the unvarnished truth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because ultimately, the Scot is one of those unvarnished antagonists, a man whose endeavours have brought him a decent reward, but nothing more than you would expect for a rider prepared to risk being mangled and maimed by machinery.
    • Half truth that is branded with a recognized name and laminated to cover the cracks is rated more highly than unvarnished fact.
    • He will contrast that alleged double-dealing with his unvarnished pledge to reduce the overall tax burden in the UK year on year on year.
    • We have to rely on that person to give the unvarnished facts.
    • With his sharp, crisp, witty script, he deconstructs identity politics without ever dipping into the pedantic or falling prey to either easy sentimentality or unvarnished pathos.
    • They will give their unvarnished findings to the defense team.
    • However, his very fragility serves to expose the child within the man, making for a sincere, unaffected, and genuine performance, unvarnished by conscious stage techniques.
    • Yet the face-to-face confrontations - scowls, barbs and factual misstatements included - provide Americans their most unvarnished glimpses at the man they will elect commander in chief.
    • She stayed, briefly played peacemaker, and then let rip with a now infamous speech, in which she gave her unvarnished opinion of all her fellow celebrities.
    • I wrote the essay over the past few hours without reading anything on the blogosphere, so it reflects my wholly unvarnished opinion.
    • Try Holiday Whistler where you will get not only a great choice of Whistler accommodation, but also an unvarnished and knowledgeable perspective on the advantages and disadvantages of each location.
    • If I am communicating to my readers exactly what the White House believes on any certain issue, that's reporting to them an unvarnished, unfiltered version of what they believe.
    • Still, it offers a glimpse of Canada's (and particularly Edmonton's) unvarnished, mohawked past.
    • There is, of course, a difference between doing favours for people you know and sheer, unvarnished corruption.
    • What do you need beyond talented performers and strong, unvarnished texts?
    • Such unvarnished compassion is as rare in movies as it is in real life.
    • They want plain, unvarnished statements from the government, not the latest output from the Merrion Street spin machine.
    • By finding and posting the unvarnished documents that drive the news, the blogosphere helps us figure out if we're being snowed.
    • Reports of a nation humiliated because it has been reduced to choosing between a crook clinging to office and an unvarnished fascist are everywhere.
    • Another target of the conservatives is the CIA director, a professional without a national constituency, who provides unvarnished information to the president.
    Synonyms
    straightforward, plain, simple, stark, naked, bald
    truthful, realistic, true to life
    candid, honest, frank, outspoken, forthright, plain-spoken, direct, blunt, downright, brutal, harsh, straight from the shoulder, explicit, unequivocal, unambiguous, unexaggerated, unadorned, undisguised, unveiled, unqualified
    informal upfront, warts and all

Rhymes

untarnished
 
 

Definition of unvarnished in US English:

unvarnished

adjectiveˌənˈvärniSHtˌənˈvɑrnɪʃt
  • 1Not covered with varnish.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Awareness of the smooth page clouds the difference between varnished and unvarnished oil paint, between opaque and transparent watercolour.
    • One of the first aspects you can see upon arriving at the hostel is the raw, unvarnished timber that composes the various structures that speckle the area.
    • Yellow and orange sponge-painted walls are accentuated by unpainted, unvarnished wooden tables.
    • The camera enters a living room with scraps of wallpaper clinging to old plaster and dusty unvarnished floorboards.
    • Instead, he's worked with traditional materials and contrasting textures - unvarnished wood, raw silk - to create a style that is clearly modern, but remains richly Alpine in spirit.
    Synonyms
    bare, plain, unpainted, unlacquered, unpolished, unfinished, untreated, raw, natural, matt
    1. 1.1 (of a statement or manner) plain and straightforward.
      please tell me the unvarnished truth
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She stayed, briefly played peacemaker, and then let rip with a now infamous speech, in which she gave her unvarnished opinion of all her fellow celebrities.
      • Because ultimately, the Scot is one of those unvarnished antagonists, a man whose endeavours have brought him a decent reward, but nothing more than you would expect for a rider prepared to risk being mangled and maimed by machinery.
      • He will contrast that alleged double-dealing with his unvarnished pledge to reduce the overall tax burden in the UK year on year on year.
      • However, his very fragility serves to expose the child within the man, making for a sincere, unaffected, and genuine performance, unvarnished by conscious stage techniques.
      • There is, of course, a difference between doing favours for people you know and sheer, unvarnished corruption.
      • They will give their unvarnished findings to the defense team.
      • If I am communicating to my readers exactly what the White House believes on any certain issue, that's reporting to them an unvarnished, unfiltered version of what they believe.
      • Another target of the conservatives is the CIA director, a professional without a national constituency, who provides unvarnished information to the president.
      • Reports of a nation humiliated because it has been reduced to choosing between a crook clinging to office and an unvarnished fascist are everywhere.
      • Try Holiday Whistler where you will get not only a great choice of Whistler accommodation, but also an unvarnished and knowledgeable perspective on the advantages and disadvantages of each location.
      • Half truth that is branded with a recognized name and laminated to cover the cracks is rated more highly than unvarnished fact.
      • They want plain, unvarnished statements from the government, not the latest output from the Merrion Street spin machine.
      • With his sharp, crisp, witty script, he deconstructs identity politics without ever dipping into the pedantic or falling prey to either easy sentimentality or unvarnished pathos.
      • Yet the face-to-face confrontations - scowls, barbs and factual misstatements included - provide Americans their most unvarnished glimpses at the man they will elect commander in chief.
      • We have to rely on that person to give the unvarnished facts.
      • Such unvarnished compassion is as rare in movies as it is in real life.
      • I wrote the essay over the past few hours without reading anything on the blogosphere, so it reflects my wholly unvarnished opinion.
      • By finding and posting the unvarnished documents that drive the news, the blogosphere helps us figure out if we're being snowed.
      • Still, it offers a glimpse of Canada's (and particularly Edmonton's) unvarnished, mohawked past.
      • What do you need beyond talented performers and strong, unvarnished texts?
      Synonyms
      straightforward, plain, simple, stark, naked, bald
 
 
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