honesty is the best policyused for saying that being honest is the right and proper way to actSubmitted by Ismail from Russian Federation on 04/05/2017
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HONESTY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤absolute, complete, total絕對的誠實;百分之百的坦誠◇I always expect total honesty from my employees.我總是期望雇員完全坦誠。➤blunt, brutal, raw, unflinching極其坦率;不講情面的直率;毫無退縮的誠實◇'Don't you love me?' 'I don't know,' she said with brutal honesty.“你不愛我?”“我不知道。”她的回答坦率得近乎殘忍。➤emotional, intellectual感性的/理性的誠實◇You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives.你要客觀理智地分析自己的技能、缺點和動機。➤refreshing令人振奮的真誠VERB + HONESTY➤admire, appreciate, value欽佩/欣賞/看重誠實➤question質疑誠實◇Are you questioning my honesty?你在質疑我的誠實麼?➤have具有誠實的品質◇She had the honesty to admit her mother was right.她老老實實地承認媽媽是對的。➤expect, require期望/要求誠實PREPOSITION➤with honesty老實地◇She answered the questions with complete honesty.她老老實實地回答了問題。➤honesty about在⋯上的誠實◇I appreciate your honesty about this.我很欣賞你對待此事的誠實態度。PHRASES➤honesty and integrity誠實正直◇He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman.他為人誠實正直,適合當主席。➤in all honesty, in honesty其實◇In all honesty, the book was not as good as I expected.說實話,這本書不像我期待的那麼好。◇Who in honesty can blame her?說實在的誰能責怪她?