ingenuous

英 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs] 美 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs]

adj.  单纯的; 天真的

GRETEM8

BNC.33365 / COCA.29301



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 单纯的;天真的
    honest, innocent and willing to trust people
    1. You're too ingenuous.
      你太老实了。
    2. an ingenuous smile
      纯真的微笑
    3. It is ingenuous to suppose that money did not play a part in his decision.
      如果以为他的决定没有金钱的因素,那就太天真了。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 坦率的;真诚的;单纯的
    If you describe someone as ingenuous, you mean that they are innocent, trusting, and honest.
    1. He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter...
      作为一名记者,他太老实了。
    2. With ingenuous sincerity, he captivated his audience.
      他以自己的率真迷住了观众。

双语例句

  1. He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter
    作为一名记者,他太老实了。
  2. With ingenuous sincerity, he captivated his audience.
    他以自己的率真迷住了观众。
  3. He found her charming, but perhaps just a shade too ingenuous for him
    他觉得她很迷人,但对他来说可能又有点太过天真。
  4. She gave ingenuous answers to the strangers 'entire question.
    对于这个陌生人提出的问题,她作出了坦率的回答。
  5. The ingenuous boy gave an account of his act, concealing nothing.
    那老实的男孩毫无隐讳地说明了他的行为。
  6. To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame.
    隐瞒天真的羞愧,恬不红脸;
  7. I find him rather ingenuous and charming.
    我觉得他相当坦率,相当可爱。
  8. There are occasions in the City as elsewhere, when ingenuous questions out of the mouths of babes and sucklings can confound the experts.
    在伦敦城或其他地方,都会有这样的事:出于天真孩童之口的问题会难住一些专家。
  9. The ingenuous person had never thought of being suspicious of what others told him.
    天真的人从来不会怀疑他人告诉他的话。
  10. His confusion and his ingenuous air were new delights to Bertha.
    他的慌乱,他的憨厚的样子,重新又使伯莎感到高兴。
  11. A child's innocent stare; his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it.
    这孩子直率的目光;他无辜的辩解到如果他知道主教在里边的话他是不会烧教堂的。
  12. In addition, this book packaging ingenuous structure is unique, modelling xianlinghe set to become, the more make this book reading, appreciation and collection in one of the rare art.
    此外,本书包装结构精巧独特,造型古朴典雅,更使本书成为集阅读、欣赏和珍藏于一体的珍贵艺术品。
  13. An ingenuous girl [ smile]
    天真的女孩[微笑]
  14. Sally was so obviously sincere and ingenuous that everyone liked her.
    萨莉显然很真诚坦率,以致大家都喜欢她。
  15. The ingenuous police of the Restoration beheld the populace of Paris in too "rose-colored" a light;
    复辟时代的警察太天真,把巴黎的人民看得太“易与”了。
  16. It was his ingenuous smile that won Deborah's heart.
    是他率直的微笑赢得了黛博拉的芳心。
  17. She's an ingenuous country girl.
    她是个纯真的乡村姑娘。
  18. What he had just seen was no longer the ingenuous and simple eye of a child; it was a mysterious gulf which had half opened, then abruptly closed again.
    他刚才见到的,不是一个孩子的那种天真单纯的眼光,而是一种奥秘莫测的深窟,稍稍张开了一线,接着又立即封闭了。
  19. His ingenuous nature was always trusting.
    他性格纯真,对人总是信而不疑。
  20. Cyclical downturns are nothing new – the ingenuous and bold take advantage of such dips and seize their chance.
    周期性经济下滑算不上什么新鲜事,天生和大胆的企业家能够利用这种逆境,抓住自己的机会。
  21. It was rather ingenuous of him to ask a stranger to look after his luggage.
    他让一个陌生人为自己照看行李,太老实了。
  22. He is too ingenuous in believing what people say.
    他太天真,轻信别人的话。
  23. She gave ingenuous answers to all of the strangers'questions.
    她诚实地回答了所有陌生人提出的问题。
  24. His apology was so obviously sincere and ingenuous that his opponent was disconcerted.
    他的道歉显然非常真诚坦率,以致他的对手觉得窘迫不安。
  25. I wrote to him an ingenuous letter of acknowledgment, craving his forbearance a little longer.
    我给他写了一封十分坦率的感谢信,希望他能再度宽容一段时间。
  26. It is not exactly clear how much of this letter we should take as entirely ingenuous, some of it might possibly be suspected of somewhat glossing over the truth.
    我们并不能完全相信这封信上所说的内容,里面的一些内容很有可能是虚构的,也有一些是言过其实的。
  27. But what she had lost in ingenuous grace, she gained in pensive and serious charm.
    但是,她固然失往了憨稚无知的神态,却赢回了端庄凝重的魅力。
  28. Brent's wide ingenuous face was puzzled and mildly indignant.
    布伦特那张老实巴交的宽脸上呈现迷惑神情。
  29. Call it ingenuous or evil genius, but the Iraqis deliberately designed their chemical weapons programs to be inspected.
    称这为坦白或魔鬼天才,伊拉克有意设计其化学武器计划以应付核查。

英英释义

adj

  1. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
    1. an ingenuous admission of responsibility

    Synonym:    artless

  2. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
    1. a child's innocent stare
    2. his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it

    Synonym:    innocent