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openly

/ˈoʊpənliː/B2

公開地；坦率地 (adv.)

`openly` 表示公開、毫不隱藏。句中`openly gay cop` 指他從1987年起公開以同性戀者身份為人所知。常見搭配`openly criticized`。

You have to try a little harder to scare me.

I've been an openly gay cop since 1987,

so you're not the first superior officer to threaten me.