rectitude

rectitude

英 ['rektɪtjuːd]
　　美 ['rɛktɪtʊd]

n. 公正；誠實；清廉

中文詞源：

rectitude 正直

rect-,直的，正確的，-itude,名詞後綴。引申詞義正直。

例句：

1. Alexander is a man of unquestioned moral rectitude.
亞歷山大是個品行端正無瑕的人.

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

3. She was indignant with his presumption and self - satisfaction and conscious rectitude.
她惱火他的傲慢自滿和自以為是.

4. He exuded a rectitude so matter - of - fact that he never needed to appeal to it.
他辦事公正,實事求是,本性如此,無需申述.

5. The only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.
在追憶往事時,唯一的盾牌是他的行為正直和誠實.