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
- With brutal candour, he pointed out all the flaws in our plans.
他直言不讳地指出我们计划中的所有毛病。 - 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。 - They were talking of personal matters with unusual candour.
他们在极其坦率地交谈个人私事。 - Her manners were most gentle, her affection ardent, her candour was not to be surpassed, and she lived and died as became an humble christian.
她的仪态极其温和，她的感情格外热烈，她的正直无法超越，从生至死，她都是一位谦逊的基督徒。 - 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。 - 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”。 - 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。 - 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。 - The book was widely commended for its candour
这本书以其直言不讳而广受好评。 - 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。