Word · Frequency #18775
franknesses
率直；坦白
franknesses is the plural of frankness.
the quality of being honest and direct in speech
- 1.
The state of being frank; candour; honesty.
坦率；诚实。
坦率；诚实。；率直；坦白
In use
Her frankness surprised everyone at the meeting, but they appreciated her honesty.
I admire his frankness because he always tells me what he really thinks.
The teacher appreciated the student's frankness when she admitted she didn't understand the lesson.
with frankness
with frankness 相当于副词 frankly，常与 speak、discuss、admit 等动词连用。
She discussed her illness with remarkable frankness.
她以极大的坦率谈论了自己的病情。
frankness about sth
about 后接话题；也可用 regarding 或 concerning，但 about 最常用。
His frankness about his failures made him easier to trust.
他对自身失败的坦诚使他更值得信任。
in all frankness
这是固定短语，通常放在句首，表示说话人将要坦诚地陈述看法。
In all frankness, I preferred the earlier version of the song.
坦白说，我更喜欢这首歌之前的版本。
sb's frankness in doing sth
这个结构强调某人在做某事时所表现出的坦率；也可说 the frankness with which sb does sth。
Her frankness in criticizing the policy surprised the committee.
她坦率地批评这项政策，令委员会感到意外。
Common mistakes
She is very frankness.She is very frank.
frankness 是名词，不能放在 be 动词后作表语；这里需要形容词 frank 表示“坦率的”。
Frankness speaking, I think you are wrong.Frankly speaking, I think you are wrong.
“坦白说”要用副词 frankly 修饰 speaking，构成固定表达 frankly speaking；frankness 是名词，不能作状语。
She spoke with frankness and honest.She spoke with frankness and honesty.
with 后接并列名词作宾语，frankness 是名词，honest 是形容词，应改为名词 honesty 保持平行结构。
Connections
Collocations
- complete frankness
- 完全坦白；毫不隐瞒
- She answered with complete frankness.她完全坦白地回答了。
- characteristic frankness
- 一贯的直率；特有的坦诚
- He discussed his failures with characteristic frankness.他以一贯的直率谈论了自己的失败。
- frankness about
- 对……真诚坦率
- Her frankness about her past won everyone's trust.她对自己过去的坦诚赢得了大家的信任。
- with frankness
- 坦率地
- The mayor spoke with frankness about the budget crisis.市长坦率地谈到了预算危机。
- unusual frankness
- 不寻常的坦白
- She described the incident with unusual frankness.她以不寻常的坦白描述了这件事。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把frankness拆成frank（坦率）+ ness（名词后缀），联想一个直爽的人说话坦坦荡荡、不拐弯抹角。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、工作场合 frankness 是中性名词，一般不带有明显的正式或随意色彩；日常谈话和职场评价中都比较常见，正式书面语中使用也很自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
blankness 与 frankness 真正押韵（重读元音及之后的 /æŋknəs/ 相同）；frank 和 frankly 只与 frankness 开头的重读音节 /fræŋk/ 相同，不押韵。darkness、kindness、happiness 只是拼写上共享 -ness 结尾，发音并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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