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

It was his ingenuous smile that won Deborah's heart.
是他率直的微笑赢得了黛博拉的芳心。
He is too ingenuous in believing what people say.
他太天真，轻信别人的话。
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。
He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter
作为一名记者，他太老实了。
Cyclical downturns are nothing new – the ingenuous and bold take advantage of such dips and seize their chance.
周期性经济下滑算不上什么新鲜事，天生和大胆的企业家能够利用这种逆境，抓住自己的机会。
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。
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。
It was rather ingenuous of him to ask a stranger to look after his luggage.
他让一个陌生人为自己照看行李，太老实了。
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 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。