white lie

美 [ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ]英 [ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ]
  • n.(尤指为避免伤害他人感情的)善意的谎言,小谎

复数: white lies

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noun

(尤指为避免伤害他人感情的)善意的谎言,小谎
a harmless or small lie, especially one that you tell to avoid hurting sb

white lie

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    N-COUNT 善意的谎言
    If you refer to an untrue statement as a white lie, you mean that it is made to avoid hurting someone's feelings or to avoid trouble, and not for an evil purpose.

noun

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an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)

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  1. What 's the difference between a white lie and a lie ? I mean , it 's all the same to me .

    善意的谎言和谎言之间有什么不同?我是说,对于我而言二者完全一样。

  2. Would you want a white lie told to you ?

    你想听到一个善意的谎言吗?

  3. Who among us hasn 't told a little white lie ?

    我们中的谁没说过小小的善意的谎话?

  4. What 's a little white lie for science ?

    出于探讨科学的目的,撒个善意的小谎应该不要紧吧?

  5. Before love makes me tell a white lie .

    在爱情轻吐温柔谎言之前。

  6. but Mama said it was just a little white lie ,

    但妈妈说它只是一个善意的谎话

  7. More like a little white lie in exchange for eternal youth .

    更像是用无意的谎言来换取青春永驻。

  8. 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。

  9. That child told his mother a white lie .

    阿谁小孩背他妈妈讲了个小谎。

  10. You told a white lie when you said she was cute .

    当你说她可爱时,你撒了一个无恶意的谎言。

  11. Not at home is a familiar white lie .

    不在家是人所熟知的一句谎话。

  12. But in this sense , what does the term a white lie mean ?

    善意的谎言是什么意思呢?

  13. Sometimes our Lord permits of a little white lie .

    有时,我们的上帝允许说一点点光明正大的谎言。

  14. Sometimes it saves a lot of trouble to tell a white lie .

    有时候撒个小谎会节省许多麻烦。

  15. Most of us will probably admit to the occasional little white lie .

    大多数人或许都承认,我们偶尔说些善意的谎言。

  16. The doctor told him a white lie .

    医师没把事实告诉他。

  17. White lie accomplishes some positive good or at least avoids some evil .

    『善意的谎言完成某一正面好或至少避免某一罪恶』。

  18. He has told a white lie .

    他说了个白色的谎。

  19. We don 't want to hurt her , so we tell her a white lie .

    我们没有念伤害她,所以编了一个大话。

  20. Step 2 : The white lie

    2.善意的谎言

  21. You just tell him a little white lie so you don 't hurt his feelings .

    你只是跟她说了一个善意的谎言,这样不伤害她的感情。

  22. Sample Sentence : He told a white lie when his father asked where he was going .

    例句:当他爸爸问他要去哪儿时,他撒了一个善意的谎言。

  23. That was a white lie .

    那是推托之词。

  24. This is a white lie .

    译成“这是个善意的谎言”。

  25. Can 't you just tell a small white lie so you don 't hurt his feelings ?

    我知道不容易,可你那么聪明我相信你一定能回答出来。

  26. I donot know it was ture or a white lie .

    我不知道这些是真的还是妈善意的谎言。

  27. But mama said it wasjust a little white lie .

    但妈妈说一些大话不要紧。

  28. 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?

  29. Everyone tells a white lie on occasion , it 's just a question of why .

    我们每个人都会说些善意的谎言,这毫无疑问,问题在于为什么我们要这么做。

  30. 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,但是我认为善意的谎言有时也是无可非议的。