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

• Who among us hasn't told a little white lie?
  我们中的谁没说过小小的善意的谎话？
• You told a white lie when you said she was cute.
  当你说她可爱时，你撒了一个无恶意的谎言。
• But mama said it wasjust a little white lie.
  但妈妈说一些大话不要紧。
• But in this sense, what does the term a white lie mean?
  善意的谎言是什么意思呢？
• Would you want a white lie told to you?
  你想听到一个善意的谎言吗？
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I told her a white lie when I said that I had to leave because I had a headache.
  我说我头痛必须先走，那是对她撒了个无伤大雅的谎。
• 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。