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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They were talking of personal matters with unusual candour.
他们在极其坦率地交谈个人私事。 - 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。 - At the last moment her courage had failed her, she feared his blame for not telling him sooner; and her instinct of self-preservation was stronger than her candour.
她的勇气在最后一刻消失了，她担心他会埋怨她没有早点告诉他；她自我保护的力量比她想坦白的勇气大得多。 - 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。 - Sometimes she took alarm at her candour.
有时她也对自己的坦率大吃一惊。