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 found her charming, but perhaps just a shade too ingenuous for him
他觉得她很迷人，但对他来说可能又有点太过天真。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter
作为一名记者，他太老实了。
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。