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单词 ingenuous
释义

in·gen·u·ous

adjective
/ɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
/ɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
(formal, sometimes disapproving)
  1. honest, innocent and willing to trust people单纯的;天真的 synonym naive
    • You're too ingenuous.你太老实了。
    • an ingenuous smile纯真的微笑
    • 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。
    compare disingenuousTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin ingenuus literally ‘native, inborn’, from in- ‘into’ + an element related to gignere ‘beget’. The original sense was ‘noble, generous’, giving rise to ‘honourably straightforward, frank’, hence ‘innocently frank’ (late 17th cent.).
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