Undisguised describes a feeling that shows plainly on someone, with no attempt to cover it. It goes in front of a small family of nouns — nearly always emotions, and nearly always ones people usually hide: undisguised contempt, undisguised delight, undisguised glee, undisguised hostility, undisguised curiosity, undisguised relief.

Undisguised describes a feeling that shows plainly on someone, with no attempt to cover it形容一種明明白白表現在臉上、完全沒有掩飾的情緒。It goes in front of a small family of nouns它前面固定接一小群名詞 — nearly always emotions, and nearly always ones people usually hide幾乎都是情緒,而且通常是大家平常會藏起來的那種: undisguised contempt, undisguised delight, undisguised glee, undisguised hostility, undisguised curiosity, undisguised relief像 undisguised contempt、undisguised delight、undisguised glee、undisguised hostility、undisguised curiosity、undisguised relief。

"She looked at him with undisguised contempt" tells you two things at once: she felt contempt, and she did not care that he could see it. That second half is where the word earns its keep. Politeness normally makes us mask strong feeling, so calling it undisguised says a mask was expected and was not worn — which makes it either bracingly honest or shockingly rude, depending on the feeling.

'She looked at him with undisguised contempt' tells you two things at once'She looked at him with undisguised contempt' 一次告訴你兩件事: she felt contempt她感覺到輕蔑, and she did not care that he could see it而且她不在乎他看得出來。That second half is where the word earns its keep後面那一半,就是這個字真正厲害的地方。Politeness normally makes us mask strong feeling禮貌通常會要我們掩飾強烈的情緒, so calling it undisguised says a mask was expected and was not worn所以說 undisguised 就是在說「本該戴上的面具,沒戴」 — which makes it either bracingly honest or shockingly rude, depending on the feeling這讓它聽起來可能是坦率得讓人一震,也可能是讓人吃驚地失禮,要看是什麼情緒。

Note the small joke in the word: a disguise is something you put on, but nobody says "she disguised her contempt" as often as they say "undisguised contempt". The negative form is far commoner than the positive one.

Note the small joke in the word注意這個字裡藏著一個小玩笑: a disguise is something you put on disguise(偽裝)是你「穿上」的東西, but nobody says 'she disguised her contempt' as often as they say 'undisguised contempt'但很少人會說 'she disguised her contempt',大家更常直接說 'undisguised contempt'。The negative form is far commoner than the positive one否定形式遠比肯定形式常見。

It is a written word, at home in novels and journalism; in speech people say "you could see it all over her face". There is a rarer literal use too — an undisguised face, an undisguised soldier, someone not wearing a disguise — but you will meet the feeling sense ninety-nine times out of a hundred.

It is a written word, at home in novels and journalism這是個書面字,常出現在小說和新聞寫作裡; in speech people say 'you could see it all over her face'口語的話大家會說 'you could see it all over her face'。There is a rarer literal use too還有一個比較少見的字面用法 — an undisguised face, an undisguised soldier, someone not wearing a disguise像 an undisguised face、an undisguised soldier,指沒戴偽裝的人 — but you will meet the feeling sense ninety-nine times out of a hundred不過一百次裡有九十九次,你遇到的都是情緒的那個意思。