Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
— Don Marquis
· Honesty
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n. 誠實，真誠;正直;〈古〉貞潔;[植]一年生緞花;
?? hono-, honest- 表”榮譽,誠實"
"I wouldn't want to cast aspersions on your honesty."
我可不想批評你的誠信。
近義：honor, integrity, openheartedness, openness, politeness, probity
反義：improbity, thievishness, corruptness, crookedness
adj. 有利可圖的，有益的;可賺錢的，合算的;
?? pro前+fit做，制作+able能...的 → 能提前做好的 → 有利潤的
"That business became profitable last year."
那項生意去年變得很賺錢.
近義：helpful, salutary, useful, valuable, beneficial, convenient
反義：infertile, profitless, sterile, unadvantageous, unaffordable, unbeneficial
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
conj. 除非，如果不;
prep. 除了，…除外;
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果沒有更多的作家和藝術家出現，這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
近義：save, except
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩飾下;少于，小于;在…情況下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 較低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
艦隊司令視察了他所統率的軍艦。
近義：underneath, below, beneath
反義：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon