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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

    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Such candour endears her to business partners and foreign rivals.
      这种坦率的态度,为她赢得了商业合作伙伴和外国竞争对手的尊敬。
    • The book was widely commended for its candour
      这本书以其直言不讳而广受好评。
    • 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”。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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!
    • It still leaves lots of scope for revelation, candour, frankness and wit, but it is done on the speaker's terms, not the terms of someone putting out a garbled or gossipy version afterwards.
      这仍然为真实、公正、坦率和智慧留下了很大空间,但这是从说话者的角度出发,而非随后对发言断章取义的人。