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小词详解 | candid
candid 英 [ˈkændɪd] 美 [ˈkændɪd]
Some contributions are candid; Tyler Cowen’s analysis of how and why he underestimated the risk of financial crisis in 2007 is enlightening.
有些专家很坦诚:泰勒·考恩分析了自己如何以及为何低估了2007年金融危机的风险,富有启发性。
——《经济学人》The company rushed to address the issues, and in surprisingly candid remarks, its C.E.O. conceded that the company wasn’t prepared for the sudden crush of use.
该公司急忙解决这些问题,并且其首席执行官出人意料地坦率承认,该公司没有为这种突然激增的需求做好准备。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 诚实直率的;坦率的
他打开了比利的手铐,然后用灭火器把白色的火焰扑灭。
He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands and doused the candid flames with a fire extinguisher.
她对眼下和她分居丈夫之间的问题毫不隐瞒。
She is candid about the problems she is having with her estranged husband.跟你说实话,我觉得你没资格得到奖学金。
To be candid with you, I think you're not eligible for a grant.
这张模糊的照片是孩子们玩耍时抓拍的照片。
This blurred picture is a candid picture of children playing.
Being more finely formed, better educated, and, though the youngest except Retty, more woman than either, she perceived that only the slightest ordinary care was necessary for holding her own in Angel Clare's heart against these her candid friends.
因为她的身材更美,受过更好的教育,除了莱蒂就数她最年轻,也比任何一个都更女人,所以她觉得,只要她稍微用一点儿心思,她就准能抓住安琪尔·克莱尔的心,战胜她那些心地坦诚的朋友们。
frank: open, honest, and direct in speech or writing, especially when dealing with unpalatable matters blunt: (of a person or remark) uncompromisingly forthright bluff: direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way