white lie

英 [ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ]

美 [ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ]

n.  (尤指为避免伤害他人感情的)善意的谎言，小谎

牛津词典

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

柯林斯词典

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

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Not at home is a familiar white lie.
  不在家是人所熟知的一句谎话。
• You've probably felt the difference between a "little white lie" and what I think of as a black hole secret, the kind that absorbs and darkens everything around it.
  大概你已经体验过”小谎言“和那种我认为是”黑洞“的秘密（那种会吸入，并阴暗化它周围一切的秘密）这两者之间的区别了。
• 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。
• 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。
• But mama said it wasjust a little white lie.
  但妈妈说一些大话不要紧。
• So you mum won't have to yell, a white lie.
  那妈妈就不会骂你了，一个善意的谎言。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That child told his mother a white lie.
  阿谁小孩背他妈妈讲了个小谎。