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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

    • HAD marked neither modesty, nor benevolence, nor candour, nor refinement in her mind or manners.
      在她的心灵或举止里,我看不到谦逊,看不到仁慈,看不到坦率,也看不到文雅。
    • 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。
    • She felt that, compared with them, I was a loser, he says with characteristic candour.
      她觉得,与他们相比,我是个失败者。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Sometimes she took alarm at her candour.
      有时她也对自己的坦率大吃一惊。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。