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 is too ingenuous in believing what people say.
他太天真，轻信别人的话。
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。
His ingenuous nature was always trusting.
他性格纯真，对人总是信而不疑。
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。
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。
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。
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 is not exactly clear how much of this letter we should take as entirely ingenuous, some of it might possibly be suspected of somewhat glossing over the truth.
我们并不能完全相信这封信上所说的内容，里面的一些内容很有可能是虚构的，也有一些是言过其实的。
I find him rather ingenuous and charming.
我觉得他相当坦率，相当可爱。
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。