honesty
英 [ˈɒn.ə.sti]
美 [ˈɑː.nə.sti]
将“honesty”分解为“hon”和“esty”。想象“hon”是“honor”的缩写,代表荣誉。而“esty”可以想象为诚实的人(straight:直的)在追求荣誉(honor)。这样,记忆方法就是:一个诚实的人追求荣誉,即“honesty”表示诚实。
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honesty 诚实,正直来自honest,诚实的,正直的。
- honesty (n.)
- early 14c., "splendor, honor; elegance," later "honorable position; propriety of behavior, good manners; virginity, chastity" (late 14c.), from Old French honesté (Modern French honnêteté), from Latin honestatem (nominative honestas) "honor received from others; reputation, character;" figuratively "uprightness, probity, integrity, virtue," from honestus (see honest). Meaning "moral purity, uprightness, virtue, justness" is from c. 1400; in English, the word originally had more to do with honor than honest.
- 1. We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.
- 我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。
- 2. Her eyes stared into his with an expression of absolute honesty.
- 她凝视着他的眼睛,一脸诚恳。
- 3. The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing.
- 成功的秘诀在于诚实和公平交易。
- 4. She had an unshakeable faith in human goodness and natural honesty.
- 她坚信人的本性是善良诚实的。
- 5. But in all honesty, I wish it had never happened.
- 但是老实说,我希望这事从未发生过。