Candid
['kændɪd]
解释:
(adj.) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; 'his candid eyes'; 'an open and trusting nature'; 'a heart-to-heart talk' .
(adj.) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; 'a candid photograph'; 'a candid interview' .
哈维整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) White.
(a.) Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.
(a.) Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
整理:罗威娜
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Impartial, fair, just, unprejudiced, unbiassed, upright, honest, sincere.[2]. Open, free, ingenuous, artless, frank, plain, honorable, NAÏVE, guileless, straightforward, open-hearted, frank-hearted, above-board.
哈蒂编辑
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Fair, honest, open, sincere, frank, artless, impartial, plain, straightforward,aboveboard, transparent, unreserved, ingenious
ANT:unfair, close, mysterious, reserve, shuffling, disingenuous, insincere,Jesuitical
亨利录入
解释:
adj. frank ingenuous: free from prejudice: fair impartial.—adv. Can′didly.—n. Can′didness.
汉克整理
例句:
- My dear Miss Summerson, he returned with a candid hilarity that was all his own, I can't be bribed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Be candid as a convicted, justified, sanctified Methody at an experience meeting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Old Miss Crawley laughed when Briggs, with great mystery, handed her over this candid and simple statement. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Some folks don't believe there is pious niggers Shelby, said Haley, with a candid flourish of his hand, but _I do_. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Hermione seemed so calmly and sanely candid. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I am; when I have nothing to gain, I am always candid. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Yes, provided you promise to give me your frank and most candid opinion of it, whether good or bad. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Thank you for being candid, and God bless you, dear Lord Byron, said I, this time raising up my mask, that I might press his hand to my lips. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- If you mean to say anything to me to-night, that goes against this candid remark, you had better let it alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Now, they say, said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, that this kind o' trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- But he did not come to, he remained remote and candid, unconscious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- PICKWICK felt much gratified by the fair, candid, and full explanation of his honourable friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Oh, I don't mean that; he wouldn't believe it of you--at first, said Mrs. Trenor, with candid shrewdness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I'll thank you to pass me another bottle of this bad claret, squeaked out Croker; for I must be candid enough to say that I like it much. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Osborne was sensible, candid, frank, sincere, and affectionate to his friends; but in literary matters too fond of criticism. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
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