話語坦白
把「直、不藏」從人的品格轉到一個人說出口的話上：不遮掩事實、把真相攤開來講。
honest (frank, hiding nothing) · adjective · B1
Saying what is really true about something, without hiding any part of it.
坦白的
核心畫面
You can picture honest as a person who is 'straight' — no hidden tricks, no crooked moves, nothing covered up. What you see is what is real: they tell the truth, they don't cheat or steal, and there is no gap between the front they show and what is actually inside. From this one idea of 'straight and nothing hidden' all the other uses fan out.
可以想成 honest 的核心比較像一個人「很直、不彎不藏」——沒有暗藏的詭計、沒有歪招、沒有遮掩。你看到的就是真的…更多收起
可以想成 honest 的核心比較像一個人「很直、不彎不藏」——沒有暗藏的詭計、沒有歪招、沒有遮掩。你看到的就是真的：他說實話、不騙不偷，表面擺出來的和裡頭真正的東西之間沒有落差。從這個「直、不藏」的單一畫面，其他用法都像扇子一樣展開。From the picture
強調是真的
把「我說的是真的、沒騙你」這層意思單獨抓出來、加重語氣，用來讓對方相信。
honest! (insisting it's true) · adjective · B1
Said on its own to make someone believe that what you said is true.
真的！
正當營生
把「不騙不偷」轉到謀生與賺錢的方式上：靠自己的力氣、不走歪路掙來的。
honest (earned without cheating) · adjective · B1
Describing work or a way of earning money that is done by your own effort, without cheating.
正當的
舊片語用法
一個凍結在老諺語裡的特殊用法，意思已經偏離核心，要整句一起記。
make an honest woman of somebody · adjective · B1
Used only in the old saying 'make an honest woman of somebody', meaning to marry her.
娶（舊用法）
Also in this word
honest (truthful) · adjective · B1
Always telling the truth and not cheating, stealing, or tricking people.
誠實的
honest (ordinary, decent people) · adjective · B1
Describing ordinary people who are not famous but live in a good, decent way.
老實本分的
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
honestadj/ˈɒn.ɪst/
- 1
Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
- brutally honest
- We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.
- 2
True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
- an honest account of events
- honest reporting
- 3
In good faith; without malice.
- an honest mistake
- 4
Accurate.
- an honest scale
- 5
Authentic; full.
- an honest day's work
- 6
Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
- an honest dollar
- 7
Open; frank.
- an honest countenance
- 8
obsoleteDecent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
- Behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!
- […] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
- 9
obsoleteChaste; faithful; virtuous.
- Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
honestverb/ˈɒn.ɪst/
- 1
obsoleteTo adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
- You have very much honested my lodging with your presence.
honestadv/ˈɒn.ɪst/
- 1
Honestly; really.
- It wasn’t my fault, honest.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。