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Candor N 坦白 Latin Kændə N.坦白,率直 英 率直(Frankness

单词 candor
音标 ['kændə]
解释 n.坦白,率直
红宝书 【英】 n. 坦白, 率直(frankness)
【考】 反义词:artifice(狡 诈)
【记】 cand(白)+or(表状态) →白的状态→坦白
字源 candor (n.)
"openness of mind, impartiality, frankness," c.1600, from Latin candor "purity, openness," originally "whiteness," from candere "to shine, to be white" (see candle). Borrowed earlier in English (c.1500) with the Latin literal sense "extreme whiteness."
不择手段背单词 n. 坦白, 率直 = frankness; 公正
【记】cand白的, 纯洁的, or表状态-纯洁的状态-坦白
【类】palter: candor = diehard: budge 敷衍不坦白 = 顽固分子不改变立场candor: subterfuge = brash: deliberate直率没有讬词 = 仓促没有深思熟虑
【反】artifice(n 狡诈); mendacity(n 谎言)
趣味全助记 【记】candle 象烛光一样明亮,白

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