frank
a. 坦白的, 率直的, 老实的 vt. 免费邮寄 n. 免费邮寄特权
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教材释义与例句
坦白的，直率的；老实的
释义与例句
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Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.
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The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
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A hot dog or sausage.
Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.
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The grey heron.
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A pigsty.
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Obsolete form of franc, former French coins, moneys of account, and currency.
历史 废旧Frank, or Franc, an ancient coin, either of gold or ſilver, ſtruck and current in France. The value of the gold frank was ſomewhat more than that of the gold crown; the ſilver frank was a third of the gold one; this coin is long out of uſe, though the term is ſtill retained as the name of a money of account; in which ſenſe it is equivalent to the livre, or twenty ſols.
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To place a frank on an envelope.
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To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
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To send by public conveyance free of expense.
及物1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words This required extensive correspondence; so, in the next place, the privilege of franking letters in reference to the emigrants' registration office, was obtained—much to the indignation of red tapists.
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To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
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Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
坦诚
坦白
真诚
May I be frank with you?
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Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
医学The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.
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Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
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Liberal; generous; profuse.
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Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
贬义 废旧
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From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.
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