If you are candid, you tell the truth even when the truth may upset someone or make you look bad. A candid answer is open. It does not hide behind polite empty words. People ask for “a candid opinion” when they want honesty, not kindness dressed up as honesty.

If you are candid如果你candid，you tell the truth你會說出實話，even when the truth may upset someone就算這實話可能讓人不開心，or make you look bad或讓你自己顯得不好看。A candid answer一個candid的回答 is open是坦然開放的。It它 does not hide behind不會躲在...後面 polite empty words客套的空話。People人們 ask for "a candid opinion"要求一個「candid opinion坦白的意見」，when they want honesty是因為想要的是誠實，not kindness dressed up as honesty而不是包裝成誠實的好意。

It is a slightly careful, grown-up word — more formal than honest, close to frank.

It它 is a slightly careful, grown-up word是個稍微講究、成熟一點的詞——more formal than honest比honest更正式一些，close to frank跟frank很接近。

Though actually, candid is not only about speaking. A “candid photo” is one taken when the person is not posing, so the picture feels real. That use comes from the same idea: nothing is being arranged to look nicer than it is.

Though actually不過實際上，candid is not only about speaking這個詞不只是講話的事。A "candid photo"一張「candid photo抓拍」照片 is one taken是在...時拍下的 when the person is not posing當事人沒有擺姿勢的時候，so the picture feels real所以照片感覺很真實。That use這種用法 comes from the same idea來自同一個概念：nothing is being arranged沒有任何東西被刻意安排 to look nicer than it is讓它看起來比實際更好看。

The word was borrowed from Latin candidus, “white” or “shining”. White was a picture of something clean and not mixed with anything else, so the meaning moved from bright white to not hiding anything.

The word這個詞 was borrowed from Latin candidus是從拉丁文candidus借來的，"white" or "shining"意思是「白色」或「發亮的」。White白色 was a picture of something clean and not mixed with anything else是乾淨、沒有摻雜任何東西的畫面，so the meaning moved所以意思漸漸 from bright white從明亮的白 to not hiding anything轉變成不隱瞞任何事。