openness
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++o·pen·ness /ˈəʊpənnəs $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] 1 KNOW somethingHONESTthe quality of being honest and willing to talk about things 公开，坦率openness of the openness of American society 美国社会的开放openness about her openness about her problems 她对自己问题的坦率态度2 ACCEPTthe quality of being willing to accept new ideas or people 开明，思想开通openness to/towards the importance of openness to change 对变革持开明态度的重要性3 SGthe quality of not being enclosed 开阔，敞开，空旷openness of the vast openness of the African plains 非洲大平原的辽阔空旷Examples from the Corpus
openness• Jo embraced life with enthusiasm, delight and an openness to new ideas.• Even his classic boyish looks seem to proclaim his good humour and openness.• a relationship based on trust and openness• The public expects complete openness from the President about his health.• The honesty, openness, and lack of pressure with which it is all handled also are most impressive.• I try to encourage as much openness and contrary views as possible.• The Hugo Boss management is promising a spirit of openness.• Intimacy in a relationship requires openness.• They may actually conclude that openness is actually a strategy top management has devised to cover up its impermeability to influence.• Inviting other home owners and managers to each home in turn indicates the extent to which this openness has developed.• At the same time, pregnancy is a period of unusual openness in both parents.openness of• the openness of the city's downtown areaopenness to/towards• Part of thinking globally is developing an openness to people from backgrounds different from our own.• He reveres Cage for his rigorous search for simplicity, his fantastic openness to experiences and ideas.• Increased competitiveness and greater openness to international flows of goods and finance.• This general pattern of greater left openness to marriage with the right may be explained as ideological and social mobility.• As younger lawyers go through the system there will be more openness to it, and more understanding of it.• That openness to liberated desire is cut off in the films which the Boxes produce.• Few people in Boston have the openness to talk that way.o·pen·ness nounChineseSyllable
quality of talk honest about Corpus being and willing to the
openness
o‧pen‧ness /ˈəʊpənnəs, ˈəʊpənnɪs $ ˈoʊ-/
noun [uncountable]
openness of
the openness of American society
openness about
her openness about her problems
2. the quality of being willing to accept new ideas or people
openness to/towards
the importance of openness to change
3. the quality of not being enclosed
openness of
the vast openness of the African plains
o‧pen‧ness /ˈəʊpənnəs, ˈəʊpənnɪs $ ˈoʊ-/
noun [uncountable] Word Family: noun: the open, opener, opening, openness; adjective: open, opening, unopened; verb: open; adverb: openly
1. the quality of being honest and willing to talk about thingsopenness of
openness about
2. the quality of being willing to accept new ideas or people
openness to/towards
3. the quality of not being enclosed
openness of