ignorance

英 [ˈɪɡnərəns]

美 [ˈɪɡnərəns]

n.  无知

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8法律

BNC.5259 / COCA.5789

习惯用语

n.

ignorance is bliss
• 无知是福；不知道心不烦
  if you do not know about sth, you cannot worry about it
• Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts.
  有些医生认为无知是福，因此不向病人透露全部病情。

牛津词典

noun

• 无知
  a lack of knowledge or information about sth
  1. widespread ignorance of/about the disease
     对这种疾病的普遍不了解
  2. They fought a long battle against prejudice and ignorance.
     他们同偏见与无知进行了长期的斗争。
  3. She was kept in ignorance of her husband's activities.
     关于丈夫的活动，她一直蒙在鼓里。
  4. Children often behave badly out of/through ignorance .
     儿童往往出于无知而不守规矩。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无知;愚昧
  Ignorance ofsomething is lack of knowledge about it.
  1. I am embarrassed by my complete ignorance of history...
     我对历史一无所知,这让我很难堪。
  2. There is so much ignorance about mental illness...
     人们对精神疾病很不了解。
  3. In my ignorance I had never heard country & western music.
     我很无知,从来没听过乡村与西部音乐。

英英释义

noun

• the lack of knowledge or education

双语例句

• He glibly professed his ignorance of the affair.
  他口口声声表白不知道这件事。
• Poverty, disease and ignorance remain major world problems.
  贫困、疾病和无知仍是世界主要问题。
• Ignorance of people brings fear, fear of the unknown.
  人们的无知会带来恐惧，对未知事物的恐惧。
• Therefore, I regret it for my ignorance.
  所以，我后悔了，为我的无知。
• In my ignorance I had never heard country& western music.
  我很无知，从来没听过乡村与西部音乐。
• His ignorance is astonishing.
  他的无知令人惊讶。
• Maybe it is all due to my own ignorance.
  也许是我少见多怪。
• He knows your character, joseph, and is well acquainted with your pig-headedness and ignorance.
  约瑟夫，他看清了你的人品，知道你笨得象个猪，无知无识。
• He feigned ignorance when I asked him about it.
  我问他，他还跟我打佯儿。
• Don't make presumptuous comments out of ignorance. Don't make improper comments before you know the whole story.
  不要不明原委，就妄加评论。