ingenuous

英 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs]

美 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs]

adj.  单纯的; 天真的

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame.
  隐瞒天真的羞愧，恬不红脸；
• 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。
• I find him rather ingenuous and charming.
  我觉得他相当坦率，相当可爱。
• 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。
• She gave ingenuous answers to the strangers 'entire question.
  对于这个陌生人提出的问题，她作出了坦率的回答。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。