ig·no·rance
noun/ˈɪɡnərəns/
/ˈɪɡnərəns/
[uncountable]Idioms - a lack of knowledge or information about something
无知 - They fought a long battle against prejudice and ignorance.
他们同偏见与无知进行了长期的斗争。 - I hate to admit my ignorance, but how does it work?
我不愿意承认自己的无知，但是它是如何运作的呢？ - ignorance of something He showed a remarkable ignorance of the facts.
他对这些事实表现得一无所知。 - ignorance about something widespread ignorance about the disease
对这种疾病的普遍不了解 - in ignorance of something They were kept in ignorance of their government's activities.
他们对政府的活动一无所知。 - out of ignorance Children often behave badly out of ignorance.
儿童不守规矩往往是因为无知。 - through ignorance Many lives are lost through ignorance.
许多人由于无知而丧命。
Express Yourself Saying that you don’t know something or giving yourself time to thinkSaying that you don’t know something or giving yourself time to thinkThere are various ways of telling people that you haven’t got the information they are asking for:- I really don't know.
我确实不知道。
- I really don't know.
- I’m afraid I don't have the faintest idea.
很抱歉，我一点都不知道。
- I’m afraid I don't have the faintest idea.
- Sorry, I have absolutely no idea.
对不起，我完全不知道。
- Sorry, I have absolutely no idea.
- Has anyone left a message? No, not to my knowledge/not as far as I know.
有谁留过言吗？没有，据我所知没有。
- Has anyone left a message? No, not to my knowledge/not as far as I know.
- Well, that’s a good question.
嗯，这是一个很好的问题。
- Well, that’s a good question.
- Yes, that’s an interesting point/idea.
是的，这观点很有意思。
- Yes, that’s an interesting point/idea.
- Well, let me see…
好吧，让我想一想…
- Well, let me see…
- Let me think about that for a moment.
让我想一下。
- Let me think about that for a moment.
Extra Examples- He pleaded ignorance of any wrongdoing.
他辩称自己对所有的坏事概不知情。 - Outsiders, in their ignorance, fail to understand this.
局外人因为不知情没法理解这一点。 - These attitudes are based on ignorance and fear.
这样的看法都是源于无知和恐惧。 - This showed a profound ignorance of local customs.
这表明对当地风俗全然无知。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- utter
- …
- betray
- demonstrate
- display
- …
- due to ignorance
- in ignorance (of)
- in your ignorance
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin ignorantia, from ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. - They fought a long battle against prejudice and ignorance.
Idioms
blissful ignorance
- the state of not knowing about something and so being unable to worry about it
乐得无知 - We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on.
我们乐得对当时正在发生的事情一无所知。
- We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on.
ignorance is bliss
- (saying) if you do not know about something, you cannot worry about it
无知是福；不知道心不烦 - Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts.
有些医生认为无知是福，因此不向病人透露全部病情。
- Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts.