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| 1 | a person who is honest does not tell lies or cheat people , and obeys the law 诚实的；老实的；正派的 |
| Most young people are decent and honest. 大部分的年轻人都是正派而诚实的。 |
| an honest man 老实人 |
| +about I haven’ t been completely honest about my past experience. 关于我过去的经历我说的并不都是真话。 |
| +with Thank you for being so honest with me. 谢谢你对我这么开诚布公。 |
| | 1a | used about the things someone says and does （用于描述某人所说所做的事情） | | I want you to give me an honest answer. 我希望你老实回答我。 | | An honest appraisal of his ability can only help him. 对他能力的坦诚评价对他只会有好处。 | | honest mistake (=not intentional) I gave her the wrong amount of money, but it was an honest mistake. 并非故意犯的错误 | |
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| 2 | honest work is a job that you work fairly hard at （工作）认认真真的，实实在在的 |
| When is the last time Charlie did any honest work? 查利最后一次认真干活儿是在什么时候？ |
| an honest living I’ m just trying to earn an honest living (=earn money by working hard) . 我只是想努力工作赚钱谋生而已。 |
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| - | honest (to God) spoken
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| used for trying to make someone believe that what you say is true |
| 真的，不骗你（用于争取让人相信所说之话是真的） |
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| I don’ t know anything about it, honest. 我什么都不知道，真的。 |
| I wouldn’ t lie to you, honest to God I wouldn’ t. 我不会对你撒谎的，真的不会。 |
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| - | the honest truth
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| the complete truth |
| 绝对的事实 |
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| - | make an honest woman (out) of sb humorous
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| to marry a woman , especially when you have already had a long relationship with her |
| （尤指与某女人保持很久的恋爱关系后）娶某人为妻 |
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| - | to be honest spoken
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| used when telling someone what you really think , especially when it may be something they do not want to hear |
| 老实说；说实话 |
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| To be honest, the meal was terrible. 老实说，这顿饭糟糕透了。 |
| to be quite/absolutely/perfectly honest To be quite honest, I’ m just not interested. 说实在的，我就是不感兴趣。 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | Being honest and moral is like being in a high position. Being dishonest and immoral is like being low down . | | 诚实、有道德如同位于高处（high）。 不诚实、不道德就如同位于低处(low down)。 | | She has very high/low standards.她的标准很高/低。
The president took the moral high ground.总统坚持高尚的道德立场。
They are upright, law-abiding people. 他们是正直守法的人。
They are fine, upstanding citizens.他们是善良诚实的公民。
She had lofty ideals.她有崇高的理想。
He was above such small-minded prejudice.他不会有这种狭隘的偏见。
I never thought he’ d stoop to that.我从没想到他会堕落到那种地步。
It was a very low/underhand/underhanded trick.那是个极卑劣/阴险的伎俩。
He’ s just a mean and lowdown cheat.他完全是个恶劣、卑鄙的骗子。
After her fall from grace, she lost everything.自从堕落之后，她失去了一切。
| | Honesty and truth are like straight lines that go straight up or along. Dishonesty and lying are like twisted or sloping lines. | | 诚实与真理如同笔直往上或往前延伸的直线（straight lines）。不诚实与撒谎如同弯曲的(twisted)或斜的线条(sloping lines)。 | | She’ s completely straight: I’ d trust her anywhere.她是绝对诚实的：不管在哪儿，我都相信她。
He kept to the straight and narrow after his release from prison.从监狱释放出来后，他始终规规矩矩的。
Are they on the level? Can we trust them?他们诚实吗？我们能相信他们吗？
I need to level with you: I can’ t pretend that things are OK.我必须对你直言相告：我装不出没事的样子。
It was a bad business, involving some crooked dealers.这笔生意很糟，牵涉到一些刁滑的奸商。
It’ s not true: you’ re twisting the facts.那不是真的：你是在歪曲事实。
The newspapers have put their own spin/slant on what has happened.这些报纸对于所发生的事情的报道掺杂了他们自己的观点。
They were accused of bias in their reporting.他们被指责报道中带有偏见。
We were presented with a very warped/distorted version of the truth.我们被告知的是一个被严重歪曲了的说法。
| | See also ->guilty | | | |
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