above board
above board — 形容詞
1. showing that a plan, deal, or action is honest, legal, and has nothing hidden
光明正大
公開誠實，沒有欺瞞
showing that a plan, deal, or action is honest, legal, and has nothing hidden
The charity kept all ticket sales above board during the summer fair.
慈善會在夏日園遊會期間，把所有票款都處理得很光明正大。
collocation: keep sales above board
Manuela wanted the apartment search to stay above board and legal.
Manuela 希望找公寓的過程保持光明正大，而且合法。
pattern: stay above board
After the audit, everyone agreed the contract process had been above board.
審計之後，大家都認為那份合約的處理過程一直很光明正大。
The coach promised parents that team payments would remain above board.
教練向家長保證，球隊的收費會一直保持光明正大。
pattern: remain above board
Nothing about the museum grant deal looked above board to reporters.
記者覺得那筆博物館補助交易看起來一點也不光明正大。
- stay above board
- keep everything above board
- above-board deal
- above-board process
- honest
broader and more general; above board especially suggests nothing is being hidden
- legitimate
focuses more on legality or formal acceptance than on openness
- transparent
emphasises that other people can clearly see what is being done
文法句型
be above board
keep something above board
用法筆記
Often follows be, look, seem, or remain. Before a noun, English usually writes the hyphenated form above-board.