Candor



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 坦白, 率直
• ［英］ n. 坦白, 率直 ( frankness)
• ［类］ 反义词: artifice ( 狡诈)
• ［记］ cand ( 白) +or ( 表状态) -> 白的状态 -> 坦白

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French & Latin; French candeur, from Latin candor, from candēre — more at candid
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. whiteness, brilliance
  • b. obsolete unstained purity
• 2. freedom from prejudice or malice ; fairness
• 3. archaic kindliness
• 4. unreserved, honest, or sincere expression ; forthrightness <the candor with which he acknowledged a weakness in his own case — Aldous Huxley

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