Candid

(adj.) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; 'his candid eyes'; 'an open and trusting nature'; 'a heart-to-heart talk' .

(adj.) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; 'a candid photograph'; 'a candid interview' .

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• My dear Miss Summerson, he returned with a candid hilarity that was all his own, I can't be bribed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Be candid as a convicted, justified, sanctified Methody at an experience meeting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Old Miss Crawley laughed when Briggs, with great mystery, handed her over this candid and simple statement. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Some folks don't believe there is pious niggers Shelby, said Haley, with a candid flourish of his hand, but _I do_. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Hermione seemed so calmly and sanely candid. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I am; when I have nothing to gain, I am always candid. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Yes, provided you promise to give me your frank and most candid opinion of it, whether good or bad. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Thank you for being candid, and God bless you, dear Lord Byron, said I, this time raising up my mask, that I might press his hand to my lips. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• If you mean to say anything to me to-night, that goes against this candid remark, you had better let it alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Now, they say, said Haley, assuming a candid and confidential air, that this kind o' trade is hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But he did not come to, he remained remote and candid, unconscious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• PICKWICK felt much gratified by the fair, candid, and full explanation of his honourable friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Oh, I don't mean that; he wouldn't believe it of you--at first, said Mrs. Trenor, with candid shrewdness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I'll thank you to pass me another bottle of this bad claret, squeaked out Croker; for I must be candid enough to say that I like it much. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Osborne was sensible, candid, frank, sincere, and affectionate to his friends; but in literary matters too fond of criticism. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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