behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy or fraudulent way 不诚实的;欺骗性的 he was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family. 他是个连自己的家人都利用的伪君子。 ■intended to mislead or cheat 有意误导的;欺骗的 he gave the editor a dishonest account of events. 他给了编辑一份有关这些事件的不实报道。
派生 dishonestly adverb 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'dishonourable, unchaste'): from Old French deshoneste, Latin dehonestus