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

Call it ingenuous or evil genius, but the Iraqis deliberately designed their chemical weapons programs to be inspected.
称这为坦白或魔鬼天才，伊拉克有意设计其化学武器计划以应付核查。
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。
To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame.
隐瞒天真的羞愧，恬不红脸；
I find him rather ingenuous and charming.
我觉得他相当坦率，相当可爱。
His ingenuous nature was always trusting.
他性格纯真，对人总是信而不疑。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。