英语词汇“to be perfectly honest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to be honest: used as sentence adverbial to convey one's willingness to be candid or truthful: speaking frankly. In recent use frequently as an emphasizer. Frequently with modifying adverb as to be quite honest, to be perfectly honest, etc.

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1743 [see sense A. 4e].

1750 L. Briant Some Friendly Remarks Serm. preach'd Braintree 25 And then again (to be honest with you) I confess I have not sometimes been without my Doubts whether or no the Language in which Calvin wrote might not a little startle you.

1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 6 Inkhorn words, to be honest, we knaw lile abaut.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House li. 488 Sir,..to be honest with you (honesty being my golden rule, whether I gain by it or lose, and I find that I generally lose), money is the word.

1874 Harper's Mag. Nov. 852/1 Besides, to be quite honest, I was afraid the marchese, who was as lithe and agile as a tiger, would be more likely to kill Sebastiano.

1894 H. R. Chamberlain 6000 Tons of Gold xiii. 286 To be absolutely honest, I cannot plead complete ignorance of the dangers which I risked.

1942 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 Apr. 10/1 To be honest, I will admit that I am headstrong and do not like to be bossed.

1999 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 14 May 17 To be perfectly honest neither of those semi-finals was too hard.

2011 A. Fitzpatrick Strictly Legal 124 I never asked for any details to be honest.

单词	to be perfectly honest
释义	> as lemmas to be perfectly honest P2. to be honest: used as sentence adverbial to convey one's willingness to be candid or truthful: speaking frankly. In recent use frequently as an emphasizer. Frequently with modifying adverb as to be quite honest, to be perfectly honest, etc. ΚΠ 1743 [see sense A. 4e]. 1750 L. Briant Some Friendly Remarks Serm. preach'd Braintree 25 And then again (to be honest with you) I confess I have not sometimes been without my Doubts whether or no the Language in which Calvin wrote might not a little startle you. 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 6 Inkhorn words, to be honest, we knaw lile abaut. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House li. 488 Sir,..to be honest with you (honesty being my golden rule, whether I gain by it or lose, and I find that I generally lose), money is the word. 1874 Harper's Mag. Nov. 852/1 Besides, to be quite honest, I was afraid the marchese, who was as lithe and agile as a tiger, would be more likely to kill Sebastiano. 1894 H. R. Chamberlain 6000 Tons of Gold xiii. 286 To be absolutely honest, I cannot plead complete ignorance of the dangers which I risked. 1942 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 Apr. 10/1 To be honest, I will admit that I am headstrong and do not like to be bossed. 1999 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 14 May 17 To be perfectly honest neither of those semi-finals was too hard. 2011 A. Fitzpatrick Strictly Legal 124 I never asked for any details to be honest. extracted from honestadj.adv. < as lemmas
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