sincere

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/    美 /sɪnˈsɪɹ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.
    — I believe he is sincere in his offer to help.
  2. Meant truly or earnestly.
    — She gave it a sincere if misguided effort.
  3. clean; pure archaic

词形变化

more sincere comparative sincerer comparative most sincere superlative sincerest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
earnest
反义词
insincere
衍生词
oversincere supersincere unsincere
相关词
cereal Ceres crescent sincerity sincereness

词源

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) (whence English sam) + *ḱer- (“grow”) (whence Latin Ceres, the goddess of harvest, etymon of cereal).
Not from sine (“without”) + cera (“wax”), a folk etymology; see Wikipedia page.
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