candour

美 [ˈkændər]英 [ˈkændə(r)]
  • n.坦率;真诚;诚恳
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noun

U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。

also NAmE candor
frankness
see also candid

candour

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  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT 坦诚;坦率;直率
    Candour is 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

noun

1
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Synonym: candor candidness frankness directness forthrightness
2
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
Synonym: fairness fair-mindedness candor

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  1. 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。

  2. On US TV in particular such candour is refreshing .

    尤其在美国电视节目中,这种坦率令人耳目一新。

  3. ‘ 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。

  4. The book was widely commended for its candour

    这本书以其直言不讳而广受好评。

  5. They were talking of personal matters with unusual candour .

    他们在极其坦率地交谈个人私事。

  6. This candour is usually rewarded with more negative publicity .

    这种坦诚的表现通常带来的是更多的负面报道。

  7. There was in this woman something approaching candour .

    在这个女人身上,有某种单纯的东西。

  8. 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。

  9. Such candour endears her to business partners and foreign rivals .

    这种坦率的态度,为她赢得了商业合作伙伴和外国竞争对手的尊敬。

  10. Sometimes she took alarm at her candour .

    有时她也对自己的坦率大吃一惊。

  11. 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。

  12. Yet , after the first moment of shock , I never liked my friend the LESS for his candour .

    不过震动一过,我倒没有因为友人的坦率而减少了我对他的友情。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. A certain kind of scientific candour is a very important quality . The fairness of him in such a deadly crisis !

    具有科学的公正态度是十分重要的品质。在这样一种非常的紧急关头,他的态度多么公正!

  16. 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。

  17. With brutal candour , he pointed out all the flaws in our plans .

    他直言不讳地指出我们计划中的所有毛病。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. We need Uncle Gao-liang 's candour to blow away the cobwebs of hypocrisy .

    我们需要高粱舅的坦率来驱除虚假污垢。

  21. 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。

  22. But such candour may become a thing of the past as more hospitals and clinics make doctors ' notes available to patients and their guardians .

    但随着医院和诊所要求医生以病人和其监护者能读懂的方式书写,这种直白会成为过去式。

  23. Needless to say , such candour brought howls of angry indignation from an industry bent on getting back to business as usual .

    不用说,这种直率使得一心想让业务回归从前状态的金融业倍感愤怒。

  24. 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。

  25. 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。

  26. Neither a religious sense of a certain moral validity in the previous union nor a conscientious wish for candour could hold out against it much longer .

    无论是认为她从前那次结合具有某种道德的效力的宗教观点,还是她想坦白过去的诚心愿望,都再也抵挡不住了。

  27. A person with truly good intentions must criticize the shortcomings and mistakes in his own work with the utmost candour and resolve to correct them .

    真正的好心,必须对于自己工作的缺点错误有完全诚意的自我批评,决心改正这些缺点错误。

  28. 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。

  29. Mr Brown seems to have encountered the same lack of candour in his discussions about rather larger sums than my now-reduced overdraft .

    在讨论远高于我如今被削减了的透支额度的金额时,布朗似乎遇到了同样的不直率。

  30. His lack of candour is excusable given the sensitivities of his current employer , the Bank of Canada , and the unpredictable reaction in financial markets .

    考虑到他受聘于当前雇主加拿大央行(bankofcanada)的敏感性,以及金融市场难以预测的反应,他不够坦率也是情有可原的。