candour

英 [ˈkændə(r)]

美 [ˈkændər]

n.  真诚; 诚恳; 坦率

BNC.20687

牛津词典

noun

• 真诚；诚恳；坦率
  the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly
  1. ‘I don't trust him,’ he said, in a rare moment of candour.
     “我信不过他。”他以难得的坦率说道。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 candor


• N-UNCOUNT 坦诚;坦率;直率
  Candouris the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
  1. ...a brash, forceful man, noted both for his candour and his quick temper.
     一个粗率强硬的人,出了名的性子直,脾气急

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
  Synonym:candorcandidnessfranknessdirectnessforthrightness
• ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
  Synonym:fairnessfair-mindednesscandor

双语例句

• In it he urged all employees to stop using the first person singular and go for we instead because it would help them "share problems and dreams in candour and confidence".
  在这份备忘录中，他敦促所有员工停止使用第一人称单数，转而使用“我们”这个字眼，因为这将帮助他们“满怀信心、坦率真诚地分担问题、分享梦想”。
• This candour is usually rewarded with more negative publicity.
  这种坦诚的表现通常带来的是更多的负面报道。
• Mr Brown seems to have encountered the same lack of candour in his discussions about rather larger sums than my now-reduced overdraft.
  在讨论远高于我如今被削减了的透支额度的金额时，布朗似乎遇到了同样的不直率。
• Her manners were most gentle, her affection ardent, her candour was not to be surpassed, and she lived and died as became an humble christian.
  她的仪态极其温和，她的感情格外热烈，她的正直无法超越，从生至死，她都是一位谦逊的基督徒。
• You could call it energy and candour, great American virtues, carried to excess.
  你可以称其为将活力和坦率这些美国人的伟大优点发挥过度的表现。
• And in a rare moment of candour from a sitting president, Mr Obama acknowledged the public's faith in him was slipping.
  很少有在职的总统像他这样如此坦率地承认，公众对自己的信心正在下降。
• He gave it me with candour and with a wild eloquence which touched my heart.
  他十分坦率、语气和缓而令人折服。我听了大为感动。
• Acheson is a good teacher, giving lessons free of charge, and he is telling the whole truth with tireless zeal and great candour.
  艾奇逊是不拿薪水上义务课的好教员，他是如此诲人不倦地毫无隐讳地说出了全篇的真理。
• Candour has its place in foreign policy, but it requires a strategy to underpin the rhetoric.
  在外交政策方面，坦诚很重要，但这种言论必须有相应策略作为基础。
• On US TV in particular such candour is refreshing.
  尤其在美国电视节目中，这种坦率令人耳目一新。