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。
Extra ExamplesTopics 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- total
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- admire
- appreciate
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- with honesty
- honesty about
- honesty and integrity
- in all honesty
- in honesty
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus, from honos, honor. The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’.
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？