nescient

a. 无学的, 无知的

发音

US /ˈnɛʃənt/

词形变化

nescients 复数 nescients more nescient 比较级 most nescient 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ignorant person.

  2. 2.

    One who holds that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters (the unmeasurable) or ultimate causes is impossible.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Ignorant, unlearned.

  2. 2.

    Unbelieving.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

ignorant unbelieving unlearned unlettered

近义相关 3

uneducated agnostic agnostical

词源

Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (“ignorant, unknowing”), the present participle of nesciō (“to don’t know, to be ignorant of”).

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