speak frankly

基本解释

You can know this simple truth without speaking frankly.
道理，不用明言你也应该知道的。
Speaking frankly at a news conference last week, he said the release of Mr. Khodorkovsky “would constitute no danger whatsoever.
在一次新闻发布会上，他曾公开表示，霍多尔科夫斯基的释放“无论如何不会造成任何危险”。
Some of the methods the Obamas devised for keeping their relationship strong — speaking frankly in public, maintaining separate careers, even date nights — are no longer as easily available to them.
奥巴马夫妇用以维持关系的一些方法，例如在公众面前开诚布公、各有职业、定期约会，也不再那么有用了。

While Mr.Cameron said he was only speaking frankly, Pakistanis were outraged, and President Asif Ali Zardari let it be known he was coming here to speak frankly in return.

But, frankly speaking, because we suffered from the blockade and the military interventions, we do not encourage a blockade because it exhausts the people and the government.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama’s Press Conference with Prime Minister Maliki The White House
But anybody who tries to convince you -- in this government or any other government, frankly -- that specific decisions have been made or actions have been proposed is not speaking accurately.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest