通译比典:straightforward与forthright之间的辨析

【Straightforward】 , 【forthright】 , 【aboveboard】 when applied to persons, their actions, or their methods mean honest and open.

Something 【straightforward】 is consistently direct and free from deviations or evasiveness.

Something 【forthright】 has directness like that of a thrust, or goes straight to the point without swerving or hesitating.

Something 【aboveboard】 is free from all traces of deception or duplicity. 【Aboveboard】 is chiefly used predicatively and applies more often to actions or methods than to persons.

【Straightforward】 , 【forthright】 , and 【aboveboard】 are also used adverbially with the same implications and connotations as their adjectival forms.

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(1).中国译典 straightforward forthright

a.

①正直的；直率的；爽快的，直截了当的;

扩展解释：

一直向前的;径直的,; 正直的;老实的;坦率的,; 简单的;易懂的;易做的,; 明确的,肯定的,; 一直向前地;径直地,; 坦率地,直截了当地

adj. 【化学】

直接了当的,直接的,顺向的;直接了当地

adj. 【计算机】

直接了当的(直接的,顺向的);adv.直接了当地

a.

①坦白的，直率的;

ad.

①一直往前地;

扩展解释：adj. 【计算机】

前进的(直截了当,直路路);adv.当前

N/A

a.1. 直率的,直截了当的,明白无误的,ad.1. 直率地,2. 径直地:马上,立刻,n.1. 直路[C]

adj. 【化学】

前进的,直截了当,直路路

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