honesty
noun /ˈɒnəsti/
/ˈɑːnəsti/
[uncountable]Idioms - the quality of being honest
诚实；老实；正直 - She answered all my questions with her usual honesty.
她像平常一样老老实实地回答了我的所有问题。 - His honesty is not in question.
他的诚实是毋庸置疑的。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2- ‘Don't you love me?’ ‘I don't know,’ she said with brutal honesty.
“你不爱我？”“我不知道。”她的回答坦率得近乎残忍。 - Are you questioning my honesty?
你在质疑我的诚实么？ - He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman.
他为人诚实正直，适合当主席。 - I always expect total honesty from my employees.
我总是期望我的员工完全坦诚。 - I appreciate your honesty about this.
我很欣赏你对待此事的诚实态度。 - She answered the questions with complete honesty.
她老老实实地回答了问题。 - She had the honesty to admit her mother was right.
她老老实实地承认妈妈是对的。 - You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives.
你要客观理智地分析自己的技能、缺点和动机。 - At least he had the honesty to admit he was wrong.
至少他老实承认自己错了。 - She prided herself on her honesty.
她为自己的诚实感到自豪。 - They have a reputation for scrupulous honesty.
他们以一丝不苟的诚实著称。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- total
- …
- admire
- appreciate
- value
- …
- with honesty
- honesty about
- honesty and integrity
- in all honesty
- in honesty
- …
词源Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus, from honos, honor. The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’. - She answered all my questions with her usual honesty.
Idioms
in (all) honesty
- used to state a fact or an opinion that, though true, may seem disappointing
说实话；其实 - The book isn't, in all honesty, as good as I expected.
说实话，这本书并没有我预期的那么好。 - In all honesty, the book was not as good as I expected.
说实话，这本书不像我期待的那么好。 - Who in honesty can blame her?
说实在的谁能责怪她？
- The book isn't, in all honesty, as good as I expected.