ignorant
/ˈɪgnərənt/adjective
1- lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated没有学识的, 无知的, 愚昧的, 未受教育的; 不通世故的:
he was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid.
总有人对他说他无知而愚蠢。
1.1
- predic. lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular对…无知的:
they were ignorant of astronomy.
他们对天文学一无所知。
1.2
- informal discourteous or rude〈非正式〉无礼的, 粗鲁的:
this ignorant, pin-brained receptionist.
这个无礼愚蠢的接待员。
1.3
- black English easily angered〈黑人英语〉暴躁的, 易怒的:
I is an ignorant man - even police don't meddle with me.
我可是个暴脾气——连警察也不敢乱动我。
派生词
ignorantly
adverb词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorant- 'not knowing', from the verb ignorare (see IGNORE).