rectitude

英 [ˈrektɪtjuːd]

美 [ˈrektɪtuːd]

n.  公正; 正直; 诚实

GRETEM8法律

BNC.21649 / COCA.24055

牛津词典

noun

• 公正；正直；诚实
  the quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 正直;公正;诚实
  Rectitudeis a quality or attitude that is shown by people who behave honestly and morally according to accepted standards.
  1. ...people of the utmost moral rectitude.
     最为正直的人

英英释义

noun

• righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  Synonym:uprightness

双语例句

• Take off that mask of rectitude!
  摘下公正的面具！
• It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve.
  克服几十年的猜疑和不信任将不是一件容易的事，但凭借勇气、正直和决心我们将继续前行。
• Unfortunately the reward for such rectitude has been an explosion in the debt to GDP ratio.
  不幸的是，此类正统政策带来的结果是债务相对gdp的比例急剧升高。
• In the first place the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, falls into great poverty through sloth; in the next place his evil repute gets noised abroad;
  首先，错误的行为，缺乏正直，由于懒惰而变得极端贫困，另一方面他的恶名已经远播；
• You're a symbol of righteousness and rectitude in our godforsaken land.
  在这个凄凉的土地上，你是正义和清廉的象征。
• Rectitude such as that tends to have a fairly short shelf life in China.
  在中国，这种正直风气的保质期通常相当短。
• Having impersonated a man of rectitude for so long, this was a procedure jerry sould not face.
  杰里扮演了正直的人那么久，这样的程序他无法面对。
• Their invariable sagacity and rectitude.
  他们的一贯明智和正直。
• He had lost the faculty of working and of moving firmly towards any fixed goal, but he was endowed with more clear-sightedness and rectitude than ever.
  他失去了从事工作和朝着一个固定目标稳步前进的能力，但是他比任何时候都来得通达和正直。
• I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
  我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。