ingenuous

英 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs]

美 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs]

adj. 单纯的; 天真的

GRE TEM8

BNC.33365 / COCA.29301

牛津词典

adj.

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

ADJ-GRADED 坦率的;真诚的;单纯的
If you describe someone asingenuous, 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。

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

He is too ingenuous in believing what people say.
他太天真，轻信别人的话。
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。
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。
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。
He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter
作为一名记者，他太老实了。
An ingenuous girl [ smile]
天真的女孩[微笑]
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。
With ingenuous sincerity, he captivated his audience.
他以自己的率真迷住了观众。
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。
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。