| 单词 | honest |
| 释义 | honest (ɒnɪst ) 1. adjective B1 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. My dad was the most honest man I ever met. I know she's honest and reliable. Synonyms: trustworthy, decent, upright, reliable honestly adverb [ADVERB after verb] B2 She fought honestly for a just cause and for freedom. Synonyms: ethically, legitimately, legally, in good faith 2. adjective B1+ 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. I was honest about what I was doing. [+ about] He had been honest with her and she had tricked him! [+ with] What do you think of the school, in your honest opinion? Synonyms: open, direct, frank, plain honestly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B1+ It came as a shock to hear an old friend speak so honestly about Ted. Synonyms: ethically, legitimately, legally, in good faith Synonyms: frankly, plainly, candidly, straight (out) 3. adverb B2 You say 'honest' before or after a statement to emphasize that you are telling the truth and that you want people to believe you. [informal, emphasis] I'm not sure, honest. 4. honest to God phrase Some people say ' honest to God' to emphasize their feelings or to emphasize that something is really true. [informal, emphasis] I wish we weren't doing this, Lillian, honest to God, I really do. You wanna know the honest-to-God truth? 5. to be honest phrase B2 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. [feelings] To be honest, the house is not quite our style. I'd rather get it out the way, to be honest. Quotations: To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousandHamlet An honest man's the noblest work of GodAn Essay on Man An honest man's word is as good as his bondDon Quixote Idioms: honest as the day is long [old-fashioned] very honest This boy's hard-working, ambitious, smart, and honest as the day is long. They don't come any better than Russell here. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: honest attempt It's just an honest attempt at winning the ball. The Sun This, just so you know, was my honest attempt to write a short piece of humorous prose without being remotely vile about anybody. Times, Sunday Times The challenge was only a split-second late, it was one-footed and it was an honest attempt to win the ball, but it was also wild and dangerous. Times, Sunday Times It was an honest attempt to tell something. Globe and Mail This was that it removed hypocrisy underlying those peace efforts, and presented a chance for a more honest attempt to change attitudes. Times, Sunday Times This was typical of his style as a whole: an honest expression of a clearsighted mind. Times, Sunday Times There's a notion of honest expression there. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, many of the greatest writers have been shy or socially awkward, recoiling from attention, finding more honest expression on paper. Times, Sunday Times There's an ugly intolerance of honest expression afoot in our era, and we should notice. Times, Sunday Times Further, the transparency of buildings, construction (called the honest expression of structure), and acceptance of industrialized mass-production techniques contributed to the international style's design philosophy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet we are taxed more and have no help with school dinners or after-school clubs because we earn an honest living. The Sun I was going to have to make an honest living. Times, Sunday Times But there are also shopkeepers, who, just like you and me, are trying to make an honest living. ST Certainly not a plumber, supermarket worker or anyone else who earns an honest living outside of their home. The Sun He doesn't believe prisons do enough to rehabilitate inmates by making them learn skills to earn an honest living when they get out. The Sun I thought she was being unfair again, as it was an honest mistake. Times,Sunday Times But it was, he insists, an honest mistake, guv. Times, Sunday Times The open verdict option was available if they did not think it was an honest mistake. The Sun After being shown footage of the incident he admitted to an 'honest mistake' and donated his 24,000 prize money to charity. Times, Sunday Times And he said they could give an open verdict if they do not think it was an honest mistake. The Sun I just try to give an honest opinion. Times, Sunday Times It was his honest opinion and one many sports fans share. Times, Sunday Times Clause 2 seeks to strengthen the defence of honest opinion (currently known as fair comment). Times, Sunday Times When a friend asks your honest opinion, give it tactfully. The Sun He got a massive laugh when he gave us his honest opinion. The Sun Essentially, he was a vegetarian who occasionally ate meat (just as an honest person can occasionally tell lies). The Times Literary Supplement The honest person will do everything he or she can to help you verify the story. Christianity Today There could be no answer to such an accusation - except that she was an ordinary, honest person who knew what she had seen. Times, Sunday Times I want to be an honest person and do my job. Times, Sunday Times Or worse, the only honest person in a deeply dishonest organisation? Times, Sunday Times Do we have the makings of an honest politician? Times, Sunday Times I hope that some honest politician in the next government, of whatever calling, will have the guts to do something about this practice. Times, Sunday Times Which honest politician will be the first to use that as a campaign song? Globe and Mail It was in those years that he established his reputation of an honest politician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was regarded as an honest politician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He insisted yesterday that his report was an honest reflection of his views, with nothing added in or taken out by ministers. Times, Sunday Times He's actually best when he drops the japes for some honest reflection. Times, Sunday Times An honest reflection on our ministry led to a picture of a tent that was not pulled taught, flapping in the wind. Christianity Today It's a stark, sad and crushingly honest reflection on the precarious nature of life and love featuring her distinctive vocals backed by simple guitar, bass and drums. The Sun Her message deserves the courtesy of an honest reply. Times, Sunday Times But 'odd' would have been the only honest reply. Times, Sunday Times The person at the check-in desk may be the last person in the world to expect an honest reply from a passenger. Times, Sunday Times Some brutally honest replies we got too. The Sun From the perspective of the honest taxpayer, the arrangements stick in the craw. Times, Sunday Times Honest taxpayers may resent the leniency being offered to dodgers. Times, Sunday Times Once again, hard-working, honest taxpayers are being hounded while benefit fiddlers are 'getting away with it'. The Sun More than two million motorists failed to pay road tax last year, cheating honest taxpayers out of 214 million. The Sun Honest taxpayers who have made mistakes - often through no fault of their own - should be given the chance to pay what they owe, when they can. The Sun It was an evasion that undermined all his other efforts to present himself as a plain artisan at honest toil. Times, Sunday Times This was a day for honest toil rather than flamboyance. The Sun Twenty-five years of honest toil, decent salary, savings and investments - gone. Times, Sunday Times Best of all, it's stable and easy to drive - perhaps even, on account of its robustness and its overt associations with honest toil, a tonic for your self-esteem. Times, Sunday Times Is it honest toil, sweat? Times, Sunday Times It might sound too much like a scripted joke, but it's the honest truth - she gave me a bottle of abdominal firming creme. Times, Sunday Times I would be upset, but the honest truth? Times, Sunday Times The simple and honest truth was that we were far too rusty, too onepaced and too predictable. The Sun We're not seeing the honest truth as to why these politicians want to stay. Times, Sunday Times And that's the honest truth. Times, Sunday Times An incredibly honest, sometimes moving account of the life of a dancer - and it's not a pretty one. The Sun In fact, he has been incredibly honest with the rest of the squad and, understandably, he has been quite emotional. Times, Sunday Times And, ironically, the incredibly honest exchanges that follow will do wonders for your relationship. Times, Sunday Times Ant's incredibly honest interview sparked an outpouring of support from fans and celebrity friends, with his social media accounts inundated with positive messages. The Sun He also deemed his character incredibly honest and morally upright, a total oddball with all sorts of hang-ups, and as being very stuck in his ways. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I think in our desire to be intellectually honest with our faith, we need to tackle these things. Christianity Today That would be intellectually honest. Times, Sunday Times And if that allows the political parties to have a more nuanced and intellectually honest argument about tax and spending, so much the better for the rest of us. Times, Sunday Times I do nt think its intellectually honest at all. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although many disagreed with him on his positions, he was widely respected as a non-political politician - intellectually honest, forthright with his opponents and allies, and courageous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a romantic yet painfully honest comingof-age story - which we like the sound of. The Sun The characters' bewildered responses to events are sometimes painfully honest. Times, Sunday Times He was painfully honest in a dishonest racket, and meticulous in a world of corner-cutters. Times, Sunday Times Not exactly happy family viewing, but painfully honest. Times, Sunday Times Some were painfully honest, others wry, trenchant, and amusing. Times, Sunday Times Refreshingly honest and happier than ever, she explains why she has no regrets on p22. The Sun A quirky, refreshingly honest take on the traditional romcom. The Sun And he's refreshingly honest about where his strengths lie. The Sun Some see the head coach's outburst as refreshingly honest. Times, Sunday Times I find him a refreshingly honest character, always prepared to lavish praise on others and quick to stress his own limitations. The Sun This generation will want to be scrupulously honest and if they are asked questions wouldn't dream of missing information out deliberately. Times, Sunday Times Funny, isn't it, that when we deal with police or insurance companies we are required to be scrupulously honest? Times, Sunday Times In all his activities he was scrupulously honest and even-handed and with total integrity. Times, Sunday Times Because even with a scrupulously honest vet, you'd be amazed what wondrous things become possible with the magic words 'yes, he's insured'. Times, Sunday Times Apart from his technical competence, he was young and scrupulously honest, but perhaps most importantly his relaxed, friendly manner disguised an unusually sharp wit. Times, Sunday Times I've probably gone right up to the line, to be perfectly honest. Times, Sunday Times It’s largely visceral, to be perfectly honest. Smithsonian But a lot of it doesn't really matter in any way, to be perfectly honest. The Sun I'd like a timekeeper to be perfectly honest. The Sun To be perfectly honest, we had hoped for a bit more action in the week of the draw. Times, Sunday Times I have found a kind of peace, it's been like a healing balm to be quite honest. Times, Sunday Times At the eye of the hurricane he showed courage and fortitude but, to be quite honest, he was on a hiding to nothing. The Sun I actually expected it, to be quite honest. The Sun I don't think they think through things a lot, to be quite honest. Christianity Today I was ashamed, frightened and disgusted, to be quite honest. Times, Sunday Times Many families are not aware that they need to be totally honest when it comes to declaring pre-existing medical conditions on a travel insurance policy. The Sun I'll be totally honest and say she cheats a lot, but she's a good egg. The Sun We're upfront and totally honest about it with each other. Times, Sunday Times Suggest you vow to be totally honest with each other from now on. The Sun We have to be totally honest with ourselves. Christianity Today If someone was truly honest with him about how bad it really was, he'd be appalled. The Sun Had he been truly honest with me? The Sun You're not going to be truly honest. Times, Sunday Times Truly honest psychic researchers, and there are some, tend not to get any positive results at all. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 诚实的 Japanese: 正直な |
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