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 seemed too ingenuous for a reporter
作为一名记者，他太老实了。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。
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。
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。
His ingenuous nature was always trusting.
他性格纯真，对人总是信而不疑。
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。