ignorant

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a. 无知识的, 不知道的, 由无知产生的 [法] 无知的, 愚昧的, 不知情的

发音

/ˈɪɡnəɹənt/
US /ˈɪɡnənt/

词形变化

ignorants 复数 ignorants ignoranter 比较级 ignoranter ignorantest more ignorant 比较级 ignorantest 最高级 most ignorant 最高级

别名

ignoraunt ignant egnorant ign'rant ygnoraunt

教材释义与例句

形容词

无知的；愚昧的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is ignorant.

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

    无知

  2. 2.

    Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).

    1851, Walt Whitman, “Art and Artists” in Emory Holloway (editor), The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, Volume 1, p. 242, […] perhaps it is sometimes the case that the greatest artists live and die, the world and themselves alike ignorant what they possess.

  3. 3.

    Ill-mannered, crude.

    俚语

    His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

  4. 4.

    Unknown; undiscovered

    废旧

    1845, Robert Browning, letter addressed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, cited in Percy Lubbock, Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Her Letters, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, Chapter 4, p. 106, […] as to you, your goodness and understanding will always see to the bottom of involuntary or ignorant faults—always help me to correct them.

  5. 5.

    Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

illiterate unwitting nescient unknowing unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered

近义相关 2

uneducated uninformed

相关短语

pig-ignorant 蠢笨的；粗鄙的

词源

From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.

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