candor

英

美

n.  坦率，正直，公正；白色；光明

GRE

COCA.13158

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
  Synonym:candourcandidnessfranknessdirectnessforthrightness
• ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
  Synonym:fairnessfair-mindednesscandour

双语例句

• He wondered whether these remarks came from naive candor or from what her cousin had called her social experience.
  鸿渐不知道这些话是出于她的天真直率，还是她表姐所谓手段老辣。
• He talked with unusual candor.
  他谈得异乎寻常的坦率。
• People saw the harm that excessive candor can do.
  过分的坦白会给别人造成伤害。
• Anyway, we really should thank Senators Kyl and McConnell for their sudden outbursts of candor.
  无论如何，我们真的应该感谢参议员基尔和参议员麦克康奈尔，感谢他们忽然坦诚表露。
• And for the private letter, the addresser should grasp another two principles: character and candor.
  而对私人书信而言，还应注意掌握另外两条原则：个性和坦率。
• The plain and unvarnished truth; the unvarnished candor of old people and children.
  朴素坦率的真理；老年人和孩子的直率、坦白。
• She had enough candor to tell the workers the truth about their factory.
  她很坦率地把工厂的实际状况告诉他们。
• Sometimes his candor made the people from State squirm a little.
  他的坦率态度有时颇使国务院的人有些局促不安。
• Madison Avenue man might call this persuasion; I prefer the greater candor of the word coercion.
  广告人可能称之为「说服」，我喜用直率的「强制」。
• He expressed his view with candor.
  他以坦率的心情表明自己的见解。