Had I been less forthright, I would have acquired more support.

要是我不那么直率，我还可能得到更大的支持。

youdao

I wish I could be more forthright with her, but I can't tell her anything about my job.

我希望对她能更加坦诚，但我不能告诉她有关工作的任何事情。

youdao

Ash: I'm quite a direct person, and forthright. So for me, I would straight up tell them.

艾什：我是一个很直的人，我很坦率。所以，对我而言，我会直接跟她们说清楚。

youdao

I've received wise, forthright, but loyal counsel from the service chiefs and from the leadership of the Joint Staff.

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Now let me be forthright in saying that I agree with Masha Gessen on almost nothing and that I think she is consistently hysterical and wrongheaded in her analysis of contemporary Russia.

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So, as I say, whether Mr Tucker's forthright defence of his innocence enhances his prospects of succeeding Sir Mervyn King as governor - an appointment in the gift of the chancellor and prime minister - is moot.

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