汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 堂而皇之
堂而皇之
overt / to make no secret (of one's presence) / grandiose / with great scope
Conders to the public without concealment (more derogatory)
形容公然﹑大模大样或有气派。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我们可以堂而皇之开一瓶新的。

We can officially opened a fresh bottle.

堂而皇之地宣称“国际政治是一场权力斗争。”

He grandly declared that "international politics is a struggle for power."

但是这类债券销售使它们堂而皇之地绕过了禁令。

But this kind of bond offering gives them an officially sanctioned way around the prohibition.

包装歌星、包装书画家、包装著作……包装早已是堂而皇之的事业,不怕社会讥讽了。

Star singers, painters and calligraphers, authors… all go in for self-packaging overtly in disregard of public ridicule.

PE塑料农膜,可回收的PE 塑料农膜被堂而皇之的成为可降解薄膜,继续在农田里四处使用。

The recyclable PE plastic membrane used in agriculture will largely become biodegradable and continue to be used everywhere in the rural areas.

当我敲你们家门你不答应时,我就会从门口进去了。偶尔,我会中头彩而直接堂而皇之地进去。

If you don't answer when I knock, I try the door. Occasionally, I hit the jackpot and walk right in.

除了对如此堂而皇之的谎言表现出震惊以外,科尔索夫联系了宣导自由的莫斯科回声电台,并且到电台暴料。

Shocked by the lie, he contacted Ekho Moskvy, a liberal radio station, and went on air to expose it.

通过对康雍干时期陋规问题的研究,我们会发现一个矛盾的现象:即法律明文禁止,它却堂而皇之的存在。

Based on the study of customary fees in Kangxi Yongzheng and Qianlong reign, We will find a contradictory phenomenon, it was explicitly prohibited by law, but it existed objectively.