honest

将“honest”拆分为两个部分：“ho”与“n'est”，前半部分“ho”可以想象为“好”，后半部分“n'est”可以联想为“不是恶”，结合起来就是“好的，不是恶”的意思，这样就容易记住“honest”代表诚实。

honest 诚实的，正直的

来自拉丁语honestus,尊敬的，荣誉的，来自honos,尊敬，荣誉，词源同honor.引申词义正直的，高尚的，诚实的等。

honest

honest: [13] Honest comes via Old French honeste from Latin honestus, a derivative of honōs, from which English gets honour. The new Latin noun formed from honestus was *honestitās, literally ‘honestness’, recorded only in the later contracted form honestās. From it English acquired honesty [14], whose application to plants of the genus Lunaria was inspired by their nearly transparent seed-pods.
=> honour

honest (adj.)

c. 1300, "respectable, decent, of neat appearance," also "free from fraud," from Old French honeste (12c.; Modern French honnête), from Latin honestus "honorable, respected, regarded with honor," figuratively "deserving honor, honorable, respectable," from honos (see honor (n.)). Main modern sense of "dealing fairly, truthful" is c. 1400, as is sense of "virtuous." Phrase to make an honest woman of "marry a woman after seduction" is from 1620s.

1. To be honest the house is not quite our style.

说实话，这所房子不太适合我们。

2. I want to be honest, honest above everything else.

我想要做到诚实，一切以诚实为上。

3. Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.

诈骗犯经常会被正直守法的朋友和邻居告发。

4. He had been honest with her and she had tricked him!

他对她坦诚相见，而她却骗了他！

5. She's always noticed. But then, to be honest, Ghislaine likes being noticed.

她总是受到关注。但是说句实在话，吉莱纳喜欢被人关注。

【open, frank, sincere, blunt, honest, plain, straightforward】
这组词都有“坦率，诚实”的意思，其区别是：
open: 指不隐瞒自己的秘密，愿意向他人表露自己或公开暴露自己的缺点。
frank: 强调毫无保留地畅所欲言，不受任何约束。
sincere: 侧重指一个人出自内心地对某人某事表示一种诚意。
blunt: 指讲话坦白直率、不客气，但隐含不得体、不顾及他人感情等意味。
honest: 指遵守正直等道德准则。
plain: 指直言不讳，毫不做作或故弄玄虚。
straightforward: 多用于答复、叙述等场合。指直截了当，不回避，或故弄玄虚。