candid 音标拼音: [k'ændəd] [k'ændɪd]
a . 坦白的,率直的,公正的
坦白的,率直的,公正的
candid adj 1 :
characterized by directness in manner or speech ;
without subtlety or evasion ; "
blunt talking and straight shooting "; "
a blunt New England farmer "; "
I gave them my candid opinion "; "
forthright criticism "; "
a forthright approach to the problem "; "
tell me what you think --
and you may just as well be frank "; "
it is possible to be outspoken without being rude "; "
plainspoken and to the point "; "
a point -
blank accusation " [
synonym : {
blunt },
{
candid }, {
forthright }, {
frank }, {
free -
spoken },
{
outspoken }, {
plainspoken }, {
point -
blank }, {
straight -
from -
the -
shoulder }]
2 :
informal or natural ;
especially caught off guard or unprepared ; "
a candid photograph "; "
a candid interview "
3 :
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness ; "
his candid eyes "; "
an open and trusting nature "; "
a heart -
to -
heart talk " [
synonym : {
candid }, {
open },
{
heart -
to -
heart }]
Candid \
Can *
did \ (
k [
a ^]
n "
d [
i ^]
d ),
a . [
F .
candide (
cf .
It .
candido ),
L .
candidus white ,
fr .
cand [=
e ]
re to be of a glowing white ;
akin to accend [
e ^]
re ,
incend [
e ^]
re ,
to set on fire ,
Skr .
chand to shine .
Cf . {
Candle }, {
Incense }.]
1 .
White . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The box receives all black ;
but poured from thence ,
The stones came candid forth ,
the hue of innocence .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Free from undue bias ;
disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice ,
or without partiality or prejudice ;
fair ;
just ;
impartial ;
as ,
a candid opinion .
"
Candid and dispassionate men ." --
W .
Irving .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Open ;
frank ;
ingenuous ;
outspoken .
Syn :
Fair ;
open ;
ingenuous ;
impartial ;
just ;
frank ;
artless ;
unbiased ;
equitable .
Usage : {
Candid }, {
Fair }, {
Open }, {
Frank }, {
Ingenuous }.
A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing ;
he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject ,
doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent ;
he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve ;
he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth .
Fair dealing ;
candid investigation ;
an open temper ;
a frank disposition ;
an ingenuous answer or declaration .
[
1913 Webster ]
227 Moby Thesaurus words for "
candid ":
Olympian ,
Spartan ,
aboveboard ,
accessible ,
all jaw ,
approachable ,
artless ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
authentic ,
bald ,
bare ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
bona fide ,
born yesterday ,
broad ,
brusque ,
card -
carrying ,
chatty ,
childlike ,
common ,
commonplace ,
communicative ,
confiding ,
conversable ,
conversational ,
demonstrative ,
detached ,
dinkum ,
direct ,
disinterested ,
dispassionate ,
downright ,
dry ,
dull ,
effusive ,
equal ,
equitable ,
expansive ,
explicit ,
extroverted ,
fair ,
flip ,
fluent ,
following the letter ,
forthright ,
frank ,
frankhearted ,
free ,
free hand ,
free -
acting ,
free -
going ,
free -
moving ,
free -
speaking ,
free -
spoken ,
free -
tongued ,
freehanded ,
gabby ,
garrulous ,
gassy ,
genuine ,
glib ,
good ,
gossipy ,
gregarious ,
guileless ,
gushy ,
heart -
to -
heart ,
homely ,
homespun ,
honest ,
honest -
to -
God ,
impartial ,
impersonal ,
impromptu ,
inartificial ,
informal ,
ingenu ,
ingenuous ,
innocent ,
just ,
lawful ,
lean ,
legitimate ,
lifelike ,
literal ,
lofty ,
long -
winded ,
loquacious ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
multiloquent ,
multiloquious ,
naive ,
native ,
natural ,
naturalistic ,
neat ,
neutral ,
newsy ,
objective ,
open ,
openhearted ,
original ,
outgoing ,
outspoken ,
overtalkative ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
prolix ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
pure ,
real ,
realistic ,
rightful ,
round ,
rustic ,
scrupulous ,
self -
revealing ,
self -
revelatory ,
selfless ,
severe ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
simplehearted ,
simpleminded ,
sincere ,
single -
hearted ,
single -
minded ,
smooth ,
sober ,
sociable ,
spare ,
stark ,
sterling ,
straight ,
straight -
out ,
straightforward ,
sure -
enough ,
talkative ,
talky ,
transparent ,
true to life ,
true to nature ,
true to reality ,
trustful ,
trusting ,
truthful ,
unadorned ,
unadulterated ,
unaffected ,
unartificial ,
unassumed ,
unassuming ,
unbiased ,
unbigoted ,
uncalculated ,
uncalculating ,
unchecked ,
uncolored ,
unconcealed ,
unconcocted ,
unconstrained ,
uncontrived ,
uncopied ,
uncounterfeited ,
undeceitful ,
undeceiving ,
undisguised ,
undisguising ,
undissembled ,
undissembling ,
undistorted ,
unequivocal ,
unexaggerated ,
unfabricated ,
unfanciful ,
unfeigned ,
unfeigning ,
unfictitious ,
unflattering ,
unguarded ,
unhampered ,
unimaginative ,
unimagined ,
unimitated ,
uninfluenced ,
uninvented ,
unpoetical ,
unprejudiced ,
unpremeditated ,
unpretended ,
unpretending ,
unpretentious ,
unqualified ,
unrepressed ,
unreserved ,
unrestrained ,
unrestricted ,
unreticent ,
unromantic ,
unsecretive ,
unselfish ,
unshrinking ,
unsilent ,
unsimulated ,
unsophisticated ,
unspecious ,
unsuppressed ,
unsuspicious ,
unswayed ,
unsynthetic ,
unvarnished ,
unwary ,
upright ,
verbal ,
verbatim ,
verbose ,
veridical ,
verisimilar ,
voluble ,
windy ,
word -
for -
word
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