white lie

white lie

美 　英

• n.善意的谎言
• 网络不怀恶意的谎言；无恶意的谎言；白色谎言

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英汉双解

英汉解释

n.

1. 善意的谎言

英英解释

n.	1. a lie told to avoid making someone upset, not for your own advantage or in order to harm someone else

例句

Think of all the times you might have been dishonest, even just a little, even just by telling a little white lie? What were you afraid of?

请想想你曾经说的每一次谎，哪怕只是小小的谎言，甚至只是点善意的谎言，那是因为你在害怕什么而说谎吗？

She asked me what I thought of her speech, and of course I told her a white lie.

她问我对她演说的看法，而我当然说了一个善意的谎言。

I told her a white lie when I said that I had to leave because I had a headache.

我说我头痛必须先走，那是对她撒了个无伤大雅的谎。

The doctor knew that James was very ill. However, to make him feel better, he told him a white lie that he would recover soon.

医生知道詹姆斯的病情很严重，但为了安慰他，他撒了个小谎，说他很快便会复原。

Even though he'd had a bad time on the date, John told a white lie and said he'd had fun.

即使那次约会并不愉快，约翰还是撒了善意的谎言说他玩得很开心。

While it might be hard to say what's true, would you want a white lie told to you?

当不好说真话的时候，你想听到一个善意的谎言吗？

Him a white lie, which made him white with fury, but when he realized his project is a white elephant, his face turned as white as a sheet.

我向他撒了一个善意的谎言，却引来他的勃然大怒。但当他发现自己的工程毫无价值。

e. g. When she asked me if I liked her dress I had to tell a white lie. I thought it looked awful, but I couldn't say no!

当她问我喜不喜欢她的新装时，我只能撒个小谎.其实我觉得那件衣服难看之极，却不好直说。

Even though Sarah's haircut was really ugly, James told her a white lie by saying it was a good change.

虽然萨拉的发型真的很难看，詹姆斯对她撒了善意的谎言，说这是个很好的改变。

It was just a little white lie. 4. That's a barefaced lie!

这只是无伤大雅的小谎而已.4.那是个无耻的谎言！

Do you know a little white lie never hurts anybody, and besides, the truth sometimes hurts?

你知不知道有些善意的撒谎不会伤害别人，说出实情反而伤人吗？）你对于这种说法，有何高见？

It was just a little white lie.

这只是个无伤大雅的小谎而已。

Cover for me: to tell a small white lie to explain why someone is missing from work or class.

撒一个善意的谎言来解释为什么某人没来上班或上课。

I told my wife a white lie saying that she looked fabulous in her new clothes.

我对太太撒了个善意的谎言，称赞她穿上新衣好看极了。请注意我们说。

We often have to tell a white lie in order not to hurt others' feeling; it is especially true when someone shows you her new clothes.

为了不伤害别人的感情，我们经常不得不说一些善意的谎言，尤其是在别人给你展示她的新衣服的时候。

I cannot shake my dependency on the white lie, because I was brought up to be nice.

我不会让善意的谎言动摇了我的诚信，因为我从小就被教育要成为一个好人。

Now, sometimes in ordinary life we make exceptions for the general rule against lying with the white lie.

有时候，在日常生活中，我们会破例地使用“善意的谎言”。

You must be sensitive to when it is necessary to tell the truth and when it is better to tell a white lie.

当有必要说真话时或最好说无恶意的谎话时你必须要有悟性。

His white lie might have left a black mark on his character.

他的那个善意的谎言可能给他的人品留下污点。

In order to make the patient feel better, the doctor told him a white lie that would recover soon.

为了安慰那个病人，医生好心地撒了个谎，说他很快就会康复。

Though I believe in telling the truth, I think white lie is sometimes justified.

虽然我认为应该说实话，但我认为说不怀恶意的谎言有时也是无可非议的。

The doctor told him a white lie.

医师没把事实告诉他。

To improve your technique at spotting signs, observe children and what they do when they try to tell a white lie.

通过观察孩子以及他们撒小谎时的举动，你能够提高你捕捉信号的能力。

It has come to my attention that many followers are worried about another "white lie" type of situation.

我注意到你们的许多追随者担心会出现另一个“善意的谎言。”

So I feel guilty every time I tell even a little white lie, although I do it just to make somebody feel better.

因此尽管有时我为了让人们感到舒服一些而不得不说一些善意的谎言时，我还是会感到心虚。

however , we need to carefully consider whether telling a white lie can produce a better outcome.

然而，我们必须谨慎评估善意的谎言是否能带来更好的结果。

He fails miserably at parties and begins screaming like a child when he realizes he has been told a white lie.

他在聚会上表现得非常失败，当他认识到别人对自己撒了个善意的谎言后，他就开始像个小孩似地尖叫。

Eda : OK, everybody knows honesty is the best policy, but there are times when a little white lie can do more good than harm.

埃达：好，人人都知道诚实是最好的策略，但有时候，善意地说点谎是利大于弊的。

Sometimes it's better to tell a white lie than to tell someone a painful truth.

有时告诉一个病人真实的情况还不如给他一个善意的谎言。

I told a white lie when I told him that I liked his poor painting.

我告诉他我喜欢他那幅很一般的油画时，我说了假话。

That child told his mother a white lie .

阿谁小孩背他妈妈讲了个小谎。

Sometimes it is perfectly all right to tell a white lie.

有时候说个善意的谎言是完全无伤大雅的。

But a little white lie isn't going to hurt anyone.

不过一些善意的谎言不会伤害任何人。

WHITE LIE: Could you tell friends you're going away for the holidays to delay gift buying until after-holiday clearance sales?

善意的谎言：你会不会告诉你的朋友你准备去度假来而拖延送你朋友礼物的时间，直到节后礼物清仓甩卖。

Oscar gets himself into hot water by telling a white lie that gets out of hand.

奥斯卡因撒了一个善意的谎言而惹祸上身，结果一发不可收拾。

It's a little white lie, sure, but it staves off a lot of awkward situations. In fact, I wish I'd used it more often.

这是一种毫无恶意的谎话，但是它的确使一些难堪的情形得以缓解。实际上，我从内心深处更愿意如此行事。

I lied today. I told her I already had a husband. Please forgive me. This is a white lie. I was just afraid of making mistakes!

我今天说谎了，我跟她说我有老公了，请原谅我，这是善意的谎言，我怕会闯祸！

And a white lie is not a bad one.

白色的谎言呢，就是一个没有恶意的小慌。

Though I believe in telling the truth, I think white lie is sometimes justified.

虽然我认为应该说实话，但我认为说不怀恶意的谎言有时也是无可非议的。

Though I believe in telling the truth, I think a white lie is sometimes justified .

虽然我认为应该说实话，但我认为善意的谎言有时也是无可非议的。

Though i believe in telling the truth, I think a white lie is something justified.

虽然我认为应该说真话，但我认为善意的谎言有时也是无可非议的。