honest: [13] Honest comes via Old French honeste from Latin honestus, a derivative of honōs, from which English gets honour. The new Latin noun formed from honestus was *honestitās, literally ‘honestness’, recorded only in the later contracted form honestās. From it English acquired honesty [14], whose application to plants of the genus Lunaria was inspired by their nearly transparent seed-pods. => honour
honest (adj.)
c. 1300, "respectable, decent, of neat appearance," also "free from fraud," from Old French honeste (12c.; Modern French honnête), from Latin honestus "honorable, respected, regarded with honor," figuratively "deserving honor, honorable, respectable," from honos (see honor (n.)). Main modern sense of "dealing fairly, truthful" is c. 1400, as is sense of "virtuous." Phrase to make an honest woman of "marry a woman after seduction" is from 1620s.
双语例句
1. To be honest the house is not quite our style.
说实话，这所房子不太适合我们。
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2. I want to be honest, honest above everything else.
我想要做到诚实，一切以诚实为上。
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3. Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.
诈骗犯经常会被正直守法的朋友和邻居告发。
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4. He had been honest with her and she had tricked him!
他对她坦诚相见，而她却骗了他！
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5. She's always noticed. But then, to be honest, Ghislaine likes being noticed.
