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sincere a.诚实的，正直的；真挚的，纯净的 sincere (adj.) 1530s, "pure, unmixed," from Middle French sincere (16c.), from Latin sincerus, of things, "whole, clean, pure, uninjured, unmixed," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful," of uncertain origin. Ground sense seems to be "that which is not falsified." Meaning "free from pretense or falsehood" in English is from 1530s.There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (*sin cerae), which is dismissed out of hand by OED and others, and the stories invented to justify that folk etymology are even less plausible. Watkins has it as originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from PIE *sm-ke-ro-, from *sem- "one" (see same) + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent). 无

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[sin'siə] 无 adj. 诚实的; 真心实意的 = genuine【类】disingenuous: sincere = ? 无诚意的: 真诚的 = ?【反】poseur(n 装模作样的人)－sincere person(真诚的人); badinage(v /n 打趣)－sincere conversation(真诚的对话)

单词	sincere
音标	[sin'siə]
解释	a.诚实的，正直的；真挚的，纯净的
红宝书	无
字源	sincere (adj.) 1530s, "pure, unmixed," from Middle French sincere (16c.), from Latin sincerus, of things, "whole, clean, pure, uninjured, unmixed," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful," of uncertain origin. Ground sense seems to be "that which is not falsified." Meaning "free from pretense or falsehood" in English is from 1530s. There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (sin cerae), which is dismissed out of hand by OED and others, and the stories invented to justify that folk etymology are even less plausible. Watkins has it as originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from PIE sm-ke-ro-, from *sem- "one" (see same) + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent).
不择手段背单词	adj. 诚实的; 真心实意的 = genuine 【类】disingenuous: sincere = ? 无诚意的: 真诚的 = ? 【反】poseur(n 装模作样的人)－sincere person(真诚的人); badinage(v /n 打趣)－sincere conversation(真诚的对话)
趣味全助记	无

Sincere 无 Unmixed Latin Pure Sin'siə A.诚实的，正直的；真挚的，纯净的 Adj