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- free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere诚实的, 老实的; 真诚的：
I haven't been totally honest with you.
我对你并非一贯完全诚实。
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- morally correct or virtuous正直的, 贞洁的：
I did the only right and honest thing.
我做了唯一正确正直的事情。
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- attrib. fairly earned, especially through hard work用正当手段获得的（尤指通过勤劳的工作）：
struggling to make an honest living.
努力靠正当的收入维持生计。
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- (of an action) blameless or well intentioned even if unsuccessful or misguided（行为）无可责备的, 本意良好的（即使没有成功或被误导）：
he'd made an honest mistake.
他犯了一个本意良好的错误。
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- attrib. simple, unpretentious, and unsophisticated简单的, 朴实的, 单纯的：
good honest food with no gimmicks.
没有花哨的简单可口食物。
sentence adverb
- informal used to persuade someone of the truth of something〈非正式〉说实话, 真的（用于说服某人接受事情的真实性）：
you'll like it when you get there, honest.
你到那儿会喜欢的, 真的。
短语
earn（或turn） an honest penny
- earn money fairly用正当手段赚钱。
make an honest woman of
- dated or humorous marry a woman, especially to avoid scandal if she is pregnant〈旧或幽默〉（尤指为避免怀孕丑闻而）与（女士）正式结婚。
- ORIGIN: honest here originally meant'respectable', but was probably associated with the archaic sense'chaste, virtuous'.
to be honest
- speaking frankly说实话：
to be honest, I expected to play worse.
说实话, 我本来以为会打得更糟。
词源
Middle English （originally in the sense'held in or deserving of honour'）： via Old French from Latin honestus, from honos （see HONOUR）.