honesty

honesty
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the quality of being honest
    诚实,老实;真诚
    they spoke with convincing honesty about their fears.
    他们以令人信服的真诚讲述了他们的恐惧。
    it was not, in all honesty, an auspicious debut.
    说实在的,这不是一次成功的初次亮相。
  2. a European plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods which are used for indoor flower arrangements
    缎花属植物
  3. Genus Lunaria, family Cruciferae
    缎花属,十字花科
常用词组
honesty is the best policy
  1. (proverb)there are often practical as well as moral reasons for being honest
    (谚)诚实为 上策
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus (see honest). The original sense was 'honour, respectability', later 'decorum, virtue, chastity'. The plant is so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit
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