honesty
honesty 英 [ˈɒnəsti] 美 [ˈɑnəsti]
n. 诚实，正直
名词复数:honesties
- If you tell the truth, you possess the quality of honesty. If someone offers a harsh criticism of your latest attempt at songwriting, you might say, "Thank you for your honesty." Even if you don't mean it.
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- n. 诚实，正直
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1. We can certify for his honesty.
我们可以保证他的诚实。
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2. There is no gainsaying his honesty.
无法否认他是诚实的。
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3. honesty is a virtue.
诚实是一种美德。
- honesty (n.) early 14c., "splendor, honor; elegance," later "honorable position; propriety of behavior, good manners; virginity, chastity" (late 14c.), from Old French oneste, honesté "respectability, decency, honorable action" (12c., Modern French uses the variant honnêteté, as if from Latin *honestitatem), from Latin honestatem (nominative honestas) "honor received from others; reputation, character;" figuratively "uprightness, probity, integrity, virtue," from honestus (see honest). Meaning "moral purity, uprightness, virtue, justness" is from c. 1400; in English, the word originally had more to do with honor than honest.
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