| 单词 | sincere |
| 释义 | sincere (once / 130 pages) adj Being sincere is being genuine. If someone compliments you on your outfit, but you notice them rolling their eyes when they think you’re not looking, they probably weren't being sincere. If you've been offered a sincere thanks for something you've done, the person is probably really grateful. Sometimes when people say "thank you," they don't always mean it, but when they add the adjective sincere, the emphasis is usually for a very good reason. You may hear a charity sending out a sincere thanks to sponsors for their donations, which help keep the charity running. WORD FAMILYsincere: insincere, sincerely, sincerer, sincerest, sincerity+/insincere: insincerely, insincerest, insincerity/insincerity: insincerities/sincerity: sincerities USAGE EXAMPLES“I would like to thank you for the victories and achievements, for your understanding and trust, and for your true, sincere care for Russia.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) But conservationists believe that the Chinese government is sincere in not allowing any significant domestic ivory market. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) “We deeply regret failing to prevent the overwork of our new recruit. I offer my sincere apologies,” he said. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj open and genuine; not deceitful he was a good man, decent and sincere felt sincere regret that they were leaving sincere friendship Syn|Ant echt, genuine not fake or counterfeit honest, honorablenot disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent artless, ingenuouscharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious existent, realbeing or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory bona fideundertaken in good faith cordialsincerely or intensely felt dear, devout, earnest, heartfeltearnest honestwithout dissimulation; frank genuine, true, unfeignednot pretended; sincerely felt or expressed heart-whole, whole-souled, wholeheartedwith unconditional and enthusiastic devotion trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false insincere lacking sincerity counterfeit, imitativenot genuine; imitating something superior dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive artful, disingenuousnot straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness unreallacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyishattempting to win favor from influential people by flattery buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuousunpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech dissimulativeconcealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive falsedeliberately deceptive feignednot genuine gilded, meretricious, speciousbased on pretense; deceptively pleasing hypocriticalprofessing feelings or virtues one does not have plausiblegiven to or characterized by presenting specious arguments falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality 2adj characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant Syn earnest, solemn serious concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities |
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