sincere

英[s?n's??] 美[s?n's?r]

比較級:?sincerer;最高級:?sincerest;名詞:?sincerity;

1、sem-, sin- "one" + cer-(-cerus), from stem/root of crescere "grow" + -e.
2、字面含義："of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed").

sincere (adj.): 1530s, "pure, unmixed," from Middle French sincere (16c.), from Latin sincerus, of things, "whole, clean, pure, uninjured, unmixed," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful," of uncertain origin. Ground sense seems to be "that which is not falsified." Meaning "free from pretense or falsehood" in English is from 1530s.

There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (*sin cerae), which is dismissed out of hand by OED and others, and the stories invented to justify that folk etymology are even less plausible. Watkins has it as originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from PIE *sm-ke-ro-, from *sem- "one" (see same) + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent).

1. I got this phone call from a gentleman, who seemed sincere enough.: 這個電話是一位紳士打來的，他似乎非常誠懇。

2. Sincere performances and gritty Boston settings add to the film's realism.: 真誠的表演和對波士頓這一背景城市的真實刻畫增添了電影的現實主義色彩。

3. All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.: 他對所有善意、真摯的建議基本都無動于衷。

4. There was a sincere expression of friendliness on both their faces.: 他們倆的臉上都流露出真摯友好的表情。

5. Primo de Rivera himself was a benevolent and sincere paternalist.: 普里莫·德里韋拉本人是個仁慈而真誠的家長式人物。