candour
['kændə]
- n. 正直,公正;直率;洁白
英英释意
- 1. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
- 2. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
英文词源
- candour (n.)
- chiefly British English spelling of candor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.
实用场景例句
- ‘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。
牛津词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- I 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.
辞典例句
- There was in this woman something approaching candour.
- 在这个女人身上,有某种单纯的东西.
期刊摘选
- You ought to treat these matters with candour.
- 你应当公正地处理这些事情.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- Acheson's charming candour has its limits and he is unwilling to mention the third worry.
- 艾奇逊的可爱的坦白性是有限度的,这第三个顾虑他不愿意说.
期刊摘选
- Candour has its place in foreign policy, but it requires a strategy to underpin the rhetoric.
- 在外交政策方面,坦诚很重要, 但这种言论必须有相应策略作为基础.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- She was still perfectly intact , deeply religious, and full of beautiful candour.
- 她当时还是一个白璧无瑕的少女,为人极为虔诚, 而且坦率得可爱.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- He imagined her , in the majesty of her candour , above all the arts that torture.
- 他认为, 她庄重 、 真诚,绝不会采取折磨人的手腕.
辞典例句
- Carry , always the soul of candour, put the case squarely to her friend.
- 一向直爽坦率的嘉里却把真实情况全部向她的朋友直言不讳地倾吐出来了.
辞典例句
- Sometimes she took alarm at her candour.
- 有时她也对自己的坦率大吃一惊.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- Her candour is so obvious that Mrs. Hushabye.
- 她显而易见是老实坦白的,所以赫什白太太莫明其妙了.
辞典例句
- He relaxes into candour.
- 他心情轻松.
期刊摘选
- If anything, they have been taken as a sign of candour.
- 如果真要说影响, 大众将这些自白视为奥巴马坦诚直率的表现.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candour.
- 他极其坦率地谈了许多问题.
《简明英汉词典》
- Candour is the Brightest gem of criticism.
- 坦率是批评的明珠.
期刊摘选
- Candour was one of his favourite virtues.
- 坦白认错,他认为是最好的美德之一.
辞典例句
- A certain kind of scientific candour is a very important quality.
- 具有科学的公正态度是十分重要的品质.
辞典例句
- The book was widely commended for its candour.
- 这本书以其直言不讳而广受好评。
柯林斯例句