honesty
要点正直
意味
- 正直,実直,誠実
例文
There is not a shadow of doubt about his honesty.
彼の正直には少しの疑いもない。
Honesty doesn't pay under the current tax system.
現在の税制度のもとでは正直にやっていると割に合わない。
Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today.
近頃は正直が軽んじられているようだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English honeste (“honour, integrity”), from Old French honesté (compare modern French honnêteté). By surface analysis, honest + -y. Displaced native Old English sōþfæstnes and non-native Middle English prodonomee, from Old French prodomie. The plant is named so after the visibility of the seeds through the translucent pods.