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- ‘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。
- ‘I don't trust him,’ he said, in a rare moment of candour.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 坦诚;坦率;直率
Candouris the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.- ...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
- ...a brash, forceful man, noted both for his candour and his quick temper.
in AM, use 美国英语用 candor
英英释义
noun
- the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
双语例句
- 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。 - 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 had made several public appearances in the assembly, distinguished by good sense, candour; and ability.
他在大会上作了几次发言,以通情达理,襟怀坦率和有才能而显得出众。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。
