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

• 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。
• 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。
• His lack of candour is excusable given the sensitivities of his current employer, the Bank of Canada, and the unpredictable reaction in financial markets.
  考虑到他受聘于当前雇主加拿大央行（bankofcanada）的敏感性，以及金融市场难以预测的反应，他不够坦率也是情有可原的。
• We really don't know what to do about it, she said with surprising candour.
  我们确实不知道怎样做，她令人吃惊地坦白道。
• 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。
• Clara did not fear his questioning so much as he feared her candour.
  与其说克莱拉惧怕他的质问，不如说他更惧怕她的坦率。
• 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。
• On the whole, bosses reject the candour of the out-of-office Mr Blunkett, and adopt instead the unflinching confidence of his former self.
  总体而言，老板们拒绝像已下台的布伦基特那样直率，反而采用了以前的他那种无所畏惧的自信态度。
• 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。
• 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。