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单词 honest-to-goodness
释义
honest-to-goodness
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌɒn.ɪst.təˈɡʊd.nəs/us
/ˌɑː.nɪst.təˈɡʊd.nəs/
realortrue:
真的，真实的
Thebookis an honest-to-goodnessaccountof her earlylife.这本书是对她早期生活的真实记录。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
being what it appears to be
  • realThat's not his real hair, is it? I thought it was a bad wig!
  • genuineThe painting is a genuine Picasso.
  • authenticThe clerk certified that the documents were authentic.
  • honest-to-goodnessMy father is an honest-to-goodness door-to-door salesman.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
True, real, false, and unreal
  • actual
  • actuality
  • actually
  • all that glitters is not goldidiom
  • apocryphal
  • faithful
  • fake news
  • false
  • false flag
  • falsely
  • nothing could be further from the truthidiom
  • nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
  • parallel universe
  • post-factual
  • practically
  • veridical
  • verifiability
  • verifiable
  • verifiably
  • verily
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(Definition ofhonest-to-goodnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhonest-to-goodness

honest-to-goodness
The letter was anhonest-to-goodnessdeclaration of intent.
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A statutory policy cannot exist without involving the possibility of sendinghonest-to-goodnesstrade unionists down the line if they refuse to comply.
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I should have thought that they ought to have included somebody who had knowledge and experience of public administration and also an ordinaryhonest-to-goodnessconsumer.
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Essentially, it boiled down to the 1930s being a period of grinding poverty and to the present beinghonest-to-goodnessplain poverty.
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I mean thehonest-to-goodnessfarmer who is doing his best to make a livelihood for himself and his family.
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Real, genuine,honest-to-goodnessbusinessmen do not work for nationalised industries.
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Let us have anhonest-to-goodnessselection of men as a trained reserve.
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That is why the rule was changed to what is commonly known as the "six-year rule" and it was made more difficult for thehonest-to-goodnessresidents to get that compensation.
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So, the home producers in that case desired protection, and so does the poultry industry at the present time require protection—just straighthonest-to-goodnessprotection, and nothing else.
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That is anhonest-to-goodnessfact.
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It was factual, andhonest-to-goodnesscommonsense.
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Anglers arehonest-to-goodness, simple people.
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War-time emergency legislation ought to go, and where there is a case for any pro-vision to go on perpetually, then it ought to foe set out in anhonest-to-goodnessstatute.
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