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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

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • All the candour of youth was in his face as well as youth's passionate purity.
      他的脸上流露出青年人的全部率直和纯洁的激情。
    • Yet, after the first moment of shock, I never liked my friend the LESS for his candour.
      不过震动一过,我倒没有因为友人的坦率而减少了我对他的友情。
    • 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。
    • We need Uncle Gao-liang's candour to blow away the cobwebs of hypocrisy.
      我们需要高粱舅的坦率来驱除虚假污垢。
    • 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。
    • A certain kind of scientific candour is a very important quality. The fairness of him in such a deadly crisis!
      具有科学的公正态度是十分重要的品质。在这样一种非常的紧急关头,他的态度多么公正!
    • Sometimes she took alarm at her candour.
      有时她也对自己的坦率大吃一惊。
    • They were talking of personal matters with unusual candour.
      他们在极其坦率地交谈个人私事。
    • Paz, an intelligent and harassed man, began by setting forth the general case for revolution with fluency and candour.
      帕斯是一个聪明的和饱经忧患的人,他开始滔滔不绝地、坦率地谈起革命的一般情况。