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語源

From un- +‎ varnished.

形容詞

unvarnished (not comparable)

1. Not having been coated with varnish.

   Coordinate terms: unpainted, uncoated, unplated, unfinished

   unvarnished furniture

2. (figuratively, by extension) Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.

   Synonyms: plain, simple; see also Thesaurus:unadorned

   She told the unvarnished truth.

   • 2004 June 24, Leslie Feinberg, “'The war to end all wars'”, in Workers World‎:

     There were no socialist countries or liberation movements to blame for World War I. It was a plain, unvarnished racist war for colonial empire.

   • 2008, Robert Sweeny, “This Performance Art Is for the Birds”, in Studies in Art Education, volume 49, page 138:

     The unprofessional production of the skits, shot on handheld digital video without the assistance of a 'steady cam' device, contributes to their unvarnished allure.

   • 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 35:

     Boris Johnson the "ersatz Churchill" needed the real one to remain untouchable and unvarnished to serve his own narrative as his latter-day incarnation.