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openly

/ˈoʊpənliː/B2

公开地 / 坦率地 (adv.)

`openly` 表示毫不掩饰地、公然地。这里说的是像他说的那样「一个`openly` gay man」即公开出柜的人。

Diaz and Santiago never would have made detective,

and an openly gay man like me-- I never would have been given a command.

There were very few Black detectives.