1 ADJ-GRADED 诚实的;正直的 If you describe someone as honest, you mean that they always tell the truth, and do not try to deceive people or break the law. 诚实的;正直的
SYN trustworthy, decent, upright, reliable
2 ADJ-GRADED 坦诚的;直率的;不隐瞒真相的 If you are honest in a particular situation, you tell the complete truth or give your sincere opinion, even if this is not very pleasant. 坦诚的;直率的;不隐瞒真相的
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I was honest about what I was doing. [+ about]
我对自己所做的事情并无隐瞒。
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He had been honest with her and she had tricked him!. [+ with]
他对她坦诚相见，而她却骗了他！
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What do you think of the school, in your honest opinion?
坦率地说，你认为这个学校怎么样？
SYN open, direct, frank, plain
3 ADV 真的;确实 You say 'honest' before or after a statement to emphasize that you are telling the truth and that you want people to believe you. 真的;确实 [informal, emphasis]
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I'm not sure, honest.
我不能肯定，真的。
4 PHRASE （表示强调）真的，实在，千真万确 Some people say 'honest to God' to emphasize their feelings or to emphasize that something is really true. （表示强调）真的，实在，千真万确 [informal, emphasis]
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I wish we weren't doing this, Lillian, honest to God, I really do.
我希望我们没有在干这事，莉莲，真的，我真这么想。
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You wanna know the honest-to-God truth?
你想知道真正的事实吗？
5 PHRASE 老实说;说实在的 You can say 'to be honest' before or after a statement to indicate that you are telling the truth about your own opinions or feelings, especially if you think these will disappoint the person you are talking to. 老实说;说实在的 [feelings]
Quotations
To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand William Shakespeare Hamlet
An honest man's the noblest work of God Alexander Pope An Essay on Man
An honest man's word is as good as his bond Cervantes Don Quixote
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| ADJ. | fair, genuine, sincere, true, truthful, upright 1 candid, frank, straight, truthful 2 |
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