honesty的意思|honesty的解释-里氏词典

honesty ['ɒnisti]

n. 诚实, 公正, 正直

honesty

[ noun ]

the quality of being honest

<noun.attribute>

southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

<noun.plant>

Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF.
honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas.
See {Honest}, a.]
1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness;
decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
--Shak.

2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness
and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.;
integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or
guile.

That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii.
2.

3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer.

To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's
wife. --Shak.

4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs
having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of
which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also
{lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common
honesty; {Lunaria rediva} is perennial honesty.

Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness;
faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor;
plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.

Lunaria \Lunaria\ prop. n.
A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family,
including the herb {honesty} ({Lunaria annua}), which is also
called {moonwort} and {lunary}.

Syn: genus {Lunaria}.
[WordNet 1.5]

The rebels said the Nicaraguan election was clean and honest, saying it reflected well on Ortega. "As revolutionaries, we are proud of the honesty, the responsibility and the vision of the future our Sandinista brothers have," it said.
Everything is on a manageable, human scale and honesty is taken for granted.
"Over time, honesty catches up with these candidates," he says.
Such quibbles aside, "Scenes From the Southside" is an album delivered with considerable honesty and heart.
The onsite examination, in which I participated, reinforced my belief in the ability, honesty and professional knowledge of the Yankee power-plant personnel.
I thought he had a higher sense of intellectual honesty and competence, and I'll tell you it really infuriated me as you can tell." So angry was Allen that another shareholder stepped up to the microphone to chastise him.
People are entitled to honesty.
I am confident in the fundamental honesty and dedication of the members of the House.
Given the history, it's hard to credit either the honesty of the elections or the honesty of the charges.
Given the history, it's hard to credit either the honesty of the elections or the honesty of the charges.
Alongside her it presented another child who was treated immediately in the private sector. As details emerged of the actual case behind the broadcast, the Conservatives launched a fierce attack on Mr Kinnock's honesty and fitness to govern.
"They are typical liberals with good leadership and good intellectual honesty."
"They have force-fed sound bites to the evening news and laughed behind the backs of voters demanding some honesty about America's future," Bentsen said.
Western analysts said Mr. Gorbachev's failure to breathe new intellectual honesty into the country's account of its troubled past signals that he has been thwarted by opponents urging a slower and less radical path to internal reform.
Gregory Lousig-Nont, whose Las Vegas-based company develops and markets honesty tests, said he continually is surprised at how forthright applicants are about past transgressions.
He said the guidelines should be "pride, honesty, spirit of idealism when it comes to public service, knowing that our actions must always be of the highest integrity.
"The fact that it (AA) is one recovering alcoholic helping another one introduces a whole new experience of trust and honesty and mutual dependency which the Soviet people are not familiar with," Canty said.
We oppose Mr. Pepper but at least admire his honesty of purpose.
Coe indicated he listened to their plea, noting that the sentence had to reflect punishment and deterrence, but "at the same time show credit for honesty and lack of intent" in the accident.
"He is a government official who must be held to account for the legality and honesty of his own personal actions regardless of whether others may also have transgressed the law and regardless of the ends sought to be achieved," Walsh said.
"What I see coming is more honesty about who you are."
Intellectual honesty and political wisdom demand that those in the U.S. interested in Mexico make an effort to project the Mexico we are, and not the Mexico they would like us to be.
Too, a polygraph examination is an interrogation; a written honesty test can seem like just more red tape in the job-application process.
On a rating of concerns, 58 percent of direct shareholders said their biggest concern was the honesty and ethics of stockbrokers, compared to 18 percent for market volatility and 11 percent for program trading.
Full marks for honesty.
Selfishness is exposed like an ugly boil; loyality, optimism and honesty glow.
"Some in the group doubt his honesty and his candor."
Since then, other stories touting honesty have surfaced.
Instead of automatic updating of master keys by security modules, the five institutions are alleged to rely more on the honesty of their staff in keeping secret the keys that activate cash dispensers.
People who've been in industry, as long as they're people of honesty and integrity, who know the process, are the ones best qualified to save you money, to make sure that your acquisition procedures are efficient and economical and honest.

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