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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Paz, an intelligent and harassed man, began by setting forth the general case for revolution with fluency and candour.
帕斯是一个聪明的和饱经忧患的人，他开始滔滔不绝地、坦率地谈起革命的一般情况。 - Acheson is a good teacher, giving lessons free of charge, and he is telling the whole truth with tireless zeal and great candour.
艾奇逊是不拿薪水上义务课的好教员，他是如此诲人不倦地毫无隐讳地说出了全篇的真理。