the quality of being honest 誠實；老實；正直 She answered all my questions with her usual honesty. 她像平常一樣老老實實地回答了我的所有問題。 His honesty is not in question. 他的誠實是毋庸置疑的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2‘Don't you love me?’ ‘I don't know,’ she said with brutal honesty. “你不愛我？”“我不知道。”她的回答坦率得近乎殘忍。 Are you questioning my honesty? 你在質疑我的誠實麽？ He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman. 他爲人誠實正直，適合當主席。 I always expect total honesty from my employees. 我總是期望我的員工完全坦誠。 I appreciate your honesty about this. 我很欣賞你對待此事的誠實態度。 She answered the questions with complete honesty. 她老老實實地回答了問題。 She had the honesty to admit her mother was right. 她老老實實地承認媽媽是對的。 You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives. 你要客觀理智地分析自己的技能、缺點和動機。 At least he had the honesty to admit he was wrong. 至少他老實承認自己錯了。 She prided herself on her honesty. 她爲自己的誠實感到自豪。 They have a reputation for scrupulous honesty. 他們以一絲不苟的誠實著稱。
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 說實話；其實 The book isn't, in all honesty, as good as I expected. 說實話，這本書並沒有我預期的那麽好。 In all honesty, the book was not as good as I expected. 說實話，這本書不像我期待的那麽好。 Who in honesty can blame her? 說實在的誰能責怪她？