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ingenuous:天真坦率的 插画
社会 · C2

ingenuous

英 /ɪnˈdʒenjuəs/  美 /ɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
  • adj. 天真坦率的Honest and trusting, often through a lack of worldly experience.

Her ingenuous question made everyone smile at the dinner table.

她天真坦率的提问让餐桌旁的每个人都笑了。

An ingenuous belief that technology solves every problem may prevent policymakers from considering its social costs.

天真地相信技术能解决所有问题,可能使政策制定者忽视其社会代价。

搭配

an ingenuous smile 天真无邪的微笑an ingenuous question 天真坦率的提问ingenuous optimism 天真的乐观态度

辨析提示

勿与ingenious(巧妙的)混淆;本词强调天真坦率。

词族

ingenuously (adv.)、ingenuousness (n.)、disingenuous (adj.)

近义 naive、innocent、artless

反义 disingenuous

社会英语词汇CEFR C2

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