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 candor ['kændɚ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 坦白, 直率

  1. A multimillionaire media magnate has shocked his employees with his candor by telling them all that he's putting his business affairs on hold to enter an alcoholism-counseling program.
    一位身份数百万的媒体大亨,坦诚地告诉他全体员工他将暂时搁置他的事业以便参加戒酒班,令员工大为惊愕。
  2. He talked with unusual candor.
    他谈得异乎寻常的坦率。
  3. Their candor is a very pleasing feature.
    他们的坦白是很愉快的特征。


candor
[ noun ]
  1. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

  2. <noun.cognition>
  3. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

  4. <noun.attribute>


Candor \Can"dor\, n. [Written also {candour}.] [L. candor, fr.
cand["e]re; cf. F. candeur. See {candid}.]
1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions)
usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.]

Nor yor unquestioned integrity
Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot
That may take from your innocence and candor.
--Massinger.

2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom
from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.

Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who
held that side of the question. --Whewell.

  1. "I don't think lack of candor has been my problem," the outspoken Bennett told the hearing, drawing laughter from the audience.
  2. And there is one added and quite extraordinary benefit to this sort of realism and public candor: This is also the best way to avoid war or conflict.
  3. "There's a bluntness to much of sports reporting, a candor you don't get elsewhere." Stories about how successful coaches motivate, evaluate and discipline players offer insight into management style and philosophy, he says.
  4. The moustachioed Marxist leader spoke with unprecedented candor on numerous other issues, gesticulating with passion, occasionally smiling and laughing.
  5. So perhaps Mr. Prestowitz at least deserves an award for candor.
  6. "So far Dukakis has operated with caution when we must operate with clarity and courage and candor," he told reporters Monday.
  7. The first step, say those who have taken it, is candor.
  8. All told the court that forcing universities to reveal confidential statements about professors being considered for tenure would inhibit candor by those doing the evaluating.
  9. In his efforts to encourage candor about Stalin's crimes, Mikhail Gorbachev will have to deal with a tenacious, selective amnesia.
  10. "Some in the group doubt his honesty and his candor."
  11. Meanwhile, the swirl of allegations surrounding Northrop has raised questions about the military's candor in dealing with Capitol Hill.
  12. He called the OTS decision "a departure from existing law" and said that it attempts to impose a new fiduciary duty of candor on directors of depository institutions.
  13. I do what my heart tells me at times, Which gives me great satisfaction; On other days, when more candor pays, I depend on my gut reaction.
  14. Mr. Salisbury might well be praised for his candor.
  15. In its order, the NRC also questioned the candor of four supervisors and asked Kerr-McGee to explain why the four should continue in their jobs without at least some disciplinary action or retraining.
  16. Nevertheless, Rep. Gerry Studds of Massachusetts was handily re-elected because of the candor with which he handled revelations that he had sex with a male congressional page in 1983.
  17. And it gives one tourist a chance to watch Soviet officials grope along the shifting frontier between the new candor and the old lies.
  18. What is most charming about the USDA is the candor with which it publicizes its activities.
  19. My purpose is not to trade accusations, not to escalate the war of words, but to speak with candor about what has caused this crisis that confronts us.
  20. But it can do it only if there is a shared understanding of the need for candor, consultation and trust." "Divided government cannot work in a polarized society, one in which mistrust and deceit are widespread," Mitchell added.
  21. At a news conference on Thursday that was notable for its candor, Mr. Khasbulatov laid into Mr. Burbulis and another Yeltsin aide, Sergei Shakhrai, calling for their resignations.
  22. But those of us who knew him personally respected his thoughtfulness and generosity as well as his passion and candor."
  23. Today, on this table before us, we see the fruits of hope, evidence of what candor and realism can accomplish.
  24. However, its right to operate the stations was challenged by various groups because of alleged improper political payments by the parent company and an alleged lack of candor in discussing those payments in FCC proceedings.
  25. "His hallmark is his candor, and today's statement reflects that," Riker said. "We're the underdog, the big underdog.
  26. Despite the candor at their news conferences, both Mr. Baker and Mr. Aziz went out of their way to note the polite tone of their meeting, as if to stress that these were serious talks.
  27. We met and discussed matters of serious and significant concern, a relationship of substance, support and candor, the commitment to help build a team that will expand our party and carry us to victory in November.
  28. In the atmosphere of freer inquiry and debate fostered by glasnost, the study of the past has become both an eagerly shared passion and a bitter, divisive issue for Soviets, with the top man in the Kremlin out in front with the calls for increased candor.
  29. But they radiated an unfettered candor and dominating commitment.
  30. ELI seeks balance, expertise and intellectual candor so that its studies can be relied upon by all parties in the "marketplace of ideas."
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