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rectitude

英 ['rektɪtjuːd] 美 ['rɛktɪtʊd]

解释

n. 公正；诚实；清廉

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中文词源

rectitude 正直

rect-,直的，正确的，-itude,名词后缀。引申词义正直。

英文词源

rectitude (n.): early 15c., "quality of being straight," from Middle French rectitude (14c.), from Late Latin rectitudinem (nominative rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1530s.

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例句和用法

1. Alexander is a man of unquestioned moral rectitude.: 亚历山大是个品行端正无瑕的人.

2. I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.: 我可以肯定她是个正直的完人.

3. She was indignant with his presumption and self - satisfaction and conscious rectitude.: 她恼火他的傲慢自满和自以为是.

4. He exuded a rectitude so matter - of - fact that he never needed to appeal to it.: 他办事公正,实事求是,本性如此,无需申述.

5. The only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.: 在追忆往事时,唯一的盾牌是他的行为正直和诚实.