credulous

英 [ˈkredjələs]

美 [ˈkredʒələs]

adj.  轻信的; 易受骗的

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BNC.34641 / COCA.29990

牛津词典

adj.

• 轻信的；易受骗的
  too ready to believe things and therefore easy to trick

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻信的;易受骗的
  If you describe someone ascredulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
  1. ...quack doctors charming money out of the pockets of credulous health-hungry citizens.
     从那些渴望健康而又容易上当受骗的市民那里骗钱的江湖郎中

英英释义

adj

• disposed to believe on little evidence
  1. the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous
• showing a lack of judgment or experience
  1. so credulous he believes everything he reads

双语例句

• With credulous and imaginative man;
  轻信的，富于幻想的人；
• Credulous attitude will only make you take anything for granted.
  轻信的态度只会使你想当然。
• Lily had a vague sense that the subject of their experiment was too young, too rich and too credulous.
  丽莉认为他二人开玩笑的对象未免太年轻，太富有，太无生活经验了。
• Well, my friends, I guess this time around I was the credulous one.
  好吧，我的朋友们，我猜这次我是轻信者。
• Credulous people might accept that theory, but as for me, I don't believe one half of it.
  轻信的人也许会接受那条理论，至于我，我半点都不相信。
• Even as the dot-com bubble deflated, credulous bankers and investors began inflating a new bubble in housing.
  即使网路泡沫破灭时，容易受骗的银行家与投资人仍然开始炒作房市泡沫。
• He was a credulous fool to believe even half of what they promised.
  即使他只相信他们许诺的一半也是个轻信的傻子。
• You're so credulous that you could be easily fooled.
  你这么轻信，你很容易上当受骗。
• He was credulous, and fell for words of flattery.
  他耳朵软，架不住人家三句好话，就相信了。
• Only a credulous person would believe your story.
  只有轻信的人才会相信你的故事。