ignorant
英 ['?gn(?)r(?)nt]
美['?ɡn?r?nt]
- adj. 无知的；愚昧的
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词态变化
比较级:?more ignorant;最高级:?most ignorant;副词:?ignorantly;
助记提示
1、i- ( assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" ) + gnor- + -ant.
英文词源
- ignorant (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French ignorant (14c.), from Latin ignorantia, from ignorantem (nominative ignorans), present participle of ignorare "not to know, to be unacquainted; mistake, misunderstand; take no notice of, pay no attention to," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old Latin gnarus "aware, acquainted with" (cognates: Classical Latin noscere "to know," notus "known"), from Proto-Latin suffixed form *gno-ro-, related to gnoscere "to know" (see know).
Form influenced by Latin ignotus "unknown." Also see uncouth. Colloquial sense of "ill-mannered" first attested 1886. As a noun meaning "ignorant person" from mid-15c.
双语例句
- 1. Authors are famously ignorant about the realities of publishing.
- 作者们不了解出版界的实际情况，这是人所共知的。
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- 2. People don'tlike to ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant.
- 人们不喜欢问问题，害怕自己会显得很无知。
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- 3. Many people are worryingly ignorant of the facts about global warming.
- 许多人竟然不知道地球变暖的事实，实在令人担忧。
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- 4. I'm statistic-phobic, and hopelessly ignorant of medicine.
- 我对统计数据感到恐惧，对药物一窍不通。
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- 5. He was self-important, vain and ignorant.
- 他傲慢自负，虚荣无知。
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