adj (1) 1)诚(老)实的((of a person) acting in a good and fair way;not telling lies;not cheating or stealing)：be an～man 做诚实的人;be absolutely～是绝对诚实的;〖反〗dishonest; 2)坦率(真诚，直率)的((of a statement) open and direct;not hiding facts; frank)：What he said was quite～.他的话十分坦诚。be perfect/quite～in telling sb the story 十分诚实地告诉某人这件事;give sb an～opinion/answer/critique 对某人直率地发表意见/给予答复/进行评论;Please be～!请说实话!〖同〗open，frank; 3)(行为，外表)诚实的((of actions，appearance，etc) showing or resulting from such qualities)：look～看上去很诚实;have an～face/look 有着诚实的面孔/表情;be～in money matters 在钱的问题上是诚实的;install a scale with～weights 安装一个计量无欺的称;～dealings诚实的交易;

(2)用正当的手段获得的(gained fairly)：earn/make an～living正当地谋生;～wealth/wages光明正大得到的财富/工资;earn/turn an～penny以正当的手段挣钱;

honest to God/goodness 实在地：H～to goodness，we saw the president. 对天发誓，我们看见了总统。

to be (quite)～(about it/with you)(用于强调说话的直率)：To be～，what I said is based on facts. 说实话，我说的话都是有事实根据的。

→′honestly adv公正地，的确(用于表示不赞成和不耐烦);′honest-to-′goodness adj真实的，坦率的;

adv 实在地(used to stress the truth of what a person is saying)：I didn't eat that cake，Mummy，～(I didn't). 妈，我没吃那块蛋糕，我发誓(我没吃)。