rectitude

noun

1. 公正；正直；诚实
   the quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way

1. N-UNCOUNT 正直;公正;诚实
   Rectitude is a quality or attitude that is shown by people who behave honestly and morally according to accepted standards.
   1. ...people of the utmost moral rectitude.
      最为正直的人

1. All the other court officials were awestruck by his strict rectitude.
   举朝惮其风采。（《明史》）
2. Having impersonated a man of rectitude for so long, this was a procedure jerry sould not face.
   杰里扮演了正直的人那么久，这样的程序他无法面对。
3. Convinced of his own righteousness, he was the perfect impersonation of a man of rectitude.
   他确信自己很正直，可以完美地扮演刚正不阿的人。
4. It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve.
   克服几十年的猜疑和不信任将不是一件容易的事，但凭借勇气、正直和决心我们将继续前行。
5. Yet as one European told me, economics is a branch of moral philosophy in Germany, so do not expect expansionary demand policies to trump rectitude, discipline and belt-tightening.
   然而，正如一位欧洲人告诉我的一样，在德国，经济学是伦理学的一个分支，所以，不要指望会有扩张性需求政策压倒正直、纪律和紧缩开支计划。
6. Mr Obama wants to bring greater transparency and legal rectitude to the way America goes about eliminating its foes, while Mr Brennan appears to want to hand over the operation of lethal drones to the Pentagon.
   欧巴马先生希望在美国消灭敌人上做到法律公正，并且透明度更高，布伦南也似乎想把无人机攻击行动交给五角大楼。
7. Rectitude such as that tends to have a fairly short shelf life in China.
   在中国，这种正直风气的保质期通常相当短。
8. Take off that mask of rectitude!
   摘下公正的面具！
9. Could this decline in fiscal rectitude lead to another crisis? Happily, Asia has some strengths that balance its weaknesses.
   这种财政纪律的放松会导致另一场危机吗？幸运的是，亚洲拥有一些优势可以抵消其弱点。
10. The resulting higher funding cost would encourage fiscal rectitude for the long haul.
    由此造成的融资成本上升，将鼓励这些国家长期保持财政操作的透明公正。
11. And sceptical students scoffing at his protestations of fiscal rectitude did not stop Mr Geithner claiming Chinese backing for US policies.
    虽然有关财政纪律的声明遭到中国多疑学生的耻笑，但那不妨碍盖特纳宣称中国支持美国的政策。
12. He had lost the faculty of working and of moving firmly towards any fixed goal, but he was endowed with more clear-sightedness and rectitude than ever.
    他失去了从事工作和朝着一个固定目标稳步前进的能力，但是他比任何时候都来得通达和正直。
13. Unfortunately the reward for such rectitude has been an explosion in the debt to GDP ratio.
    不幸的是，此类正统政策带来的结果是债务相对gdp的比例急剧升高。
14. They did it more in a spirit of moral rectitude than of brotherly love.
    他们做这件事与其说是出自兄弟般的情谊还不如说是出于道义上的正直。
15. For at least two decades the US has been unable to provide monetary stability, financial regulation and fiscal rectitude.
    20多年来，美国一直无法提供货币稳定、金融监管和财政廉洁。
16. The governor has the rectitude of his motives in policy reforming.
    在这次改革中，这位地方长官的动机纯正。
17. At this point in the post-bubble transition to deflation, fiscal rectitude and monetary stringency are a dangerous policy combination, as appealing as they may be to the virtuous instincts of policymakers faced with a surfeit of sovereign debt.
    在后泡沫时代向通缩演变的这个时期，紧缩财政及货币政策，是一种危险的政策组合&尽管对于面对过高主权债务的政策制定者来说，这样的组合或许对他们的善良天性颇具吸引力。
18. She was indignant with his presumption and self-satisfaction and conscious rectitude.
    她恼火他的傲慢自满和自以为是。
19. Note, too, that when the financial system finally does recover and the economy is on the mend, the timing of any return to fiscal and monetary rectitude, after the huge efforts to stave off deflation, poses a horrific policy challenge.
    还需注意的是，当金融系统最终真正复苏、经济出现好转时，此前着力于防止通缩的财政及货币政策何时回归正轨，将是一个令人畏惧的政策挑战。
20. The only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.
    在追忆往事时，唯一的盾牌是他的行为正直和诚实。
21. You're a symbol of righteousness and rectitude in our godforsaken land.
    在这个凄凉的土地上，你是正义和清廉的象征。
22. Four years ago Spain and Ireland were seen as models of fiscal rectitude.
    四年前，西班牙和爱尔兰被视为财政清廉的楷模。
23. Their invariable sagacity and rectitude.
    他们的一贯明智和正直。
24. In the first place the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, falls into great poverty through sloth; in the next place his evil repute gets noised abroad;
    首先，错误的行为，缺乏正直，由于懒惰而变得极端贫困，另一方面他的恶名已经远播；
25. Never go aside from the path of truth and rectitude.
    切勿偏离真理和正义之道。
26. And yet, they became so notorious for their moral rectitude that the word puritan has become a byword.
    然而，他们却以他们在道德上的正直而恶名昭彰，以至于“清教徒”在当时是个有贬义的绰号。
27. Striving for rectitude and righteousness.
    努力做到正直和公正。
28. I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
    我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。

noun

1. righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest

   Synonym:    uprightness