white lie

英 [ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ]

美 [ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ]

n.  (尤指为避免伤害他人感情的)善意的谎言，小谎

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指为避免伤害他人感情的）善意的谎言，小谎
  a harmless or small lie, especially one that you tell to avoid hurting sb

柯林斯词典

• 善意的谎言
  If you refer to an untrue statement as awhite lie, you mean that it is made to avoid hurting someone's feelings or to avoid trouble, and not for an evil purpose.

英英释义

noun

• an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)

双语例句

• Sample Sentence: He told a white lie when his father asked where he was going.
  例句：当他爸爸问他要去哪儿时，他撒了一个善意的谎言。
• I told my wife a white lie saying that she looked fabulous in her new clothes.
  我对太太撒了个善意的谎言，称赞她穿上新衣好看极了。
• Can't you just tell a small white lie so you don't hurt his feelings?
  我知道不容易，可你那么聪明我相信你一定能回答出来。
• I cannot shake my dependency on the white lie, because I was brought up to be nice.
  我不会让善意的谎言动摇了我的诚信，因为我从小就被教育要成为一个好人。
• This is a white lie.
  译成“这是个善意的谎言”。
• But mama said it wasjust a little white lie.
  但妈妈说一些大话不要紧。
• I donot know it was ture or a white lie.
  我不知道这些是真的还是妈善意的谎言。
• Sometimes it saves a lot of trouble to tell a white lie.
  有时候撒个小谎会节省许多麻烦。
• We don't want to hurt her, so we tell her a white lie.
  我们没有念伤害她，所以编了一个大话。
• But in this sense, what does the term a white lie mean?
  善意的谎言是什么意思呢？