词族 · probity
词形变化
中文词源
probity 正直，诚实
来自probe,试探，检验，-ity,名词后缀。即经得起检验的，引申词义正直，诚实。
英语词源
- probity
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probity: see prove
- probity (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French probité, from Latin probitatem (nominative probitas) "uprightness, honesty," from probus "worthy, good" (see prove).
权威例句
- 1. Probity and purity will command respect everywhere.
- 为人正派到处受人尊敬.
- 2. He asserted his innocence and his financial probity.
- 他宣称自己是清白的，在钱财上没有弄虚作假。
- 3. In a few years his unprincipled wife warped the probity of a lifetime.
- 在以后的几年里,他那放荡不羁的老婆把他的生活搅了一个一踏糊涂.
- 4. Cubes , squares or dice - Constancy, wisdom, verity probity, and equity.
- 立方体 、 方形、骰子 - 坚毅 、 学问 、 耿直和公正.
- 5. A judge must be a person of unquestioned probity.
- 法官必须是个无可争议的正直的人.