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

To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame.
隐瞒天真的羞愧，恬不红脸；
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
She's an ingenuous country girl.
她是个纯真的乡村姑娘。
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。
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。
With ingenuous sincerity, he captivated his audience.
他以自己的率真迷住了观众。