candour
noun /ˈkændə(r)/
/ˈkændər/
(US English candor)
[uncountable]- the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly
synonym frankness真诚;诚恳;坦率 - ‘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。
词源late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin candor ‘whiteness’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.; the development of the senses paralleled that of candid. - ‘I don't trust him,’ he said in a rare moment of candour.