ingenuous是什么意思_ingenuous怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

lacking in sophistication or worldliness;"a child"s innocent stare"
"his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

中英词源

ingenuous 天真无邪的，天真的，单纯的

来自拉丁语ingenuus,天生的，出生高贵的，来自in-,进入，使，内在，-gen,生育，出生，词源同gene,gentle.原指出生高贵的，后引申词义真诚的，天真无邪的，但现在多用于贬义天真的，单纯的。

ingenuous: ingenuous: [16] Etymologically, ingenuous means ‘inborn’. English acquired it from Latin ingenuus, which was composed of the prefix inand the element *gen-, denoting ‘production, birth’. This was originally used for ‘born in a particular place, native, not foreign’, but it soon began to take on connotations of ‘freeborn, not a slave’, and hence ‘of noble birth’.

Metaphorical transference to qualities thought characteristic of the nobility – uprightness, candour, straightforwardness, etc – soon followed, and that was the word’s semantic slant when English acquired it. By the 17th century, however, it had started to slide towards ‘artlessness, innocence’ (a sense reflected in ingénue, borrowed from French in the 19th century).
=> gene, general, generate, genital, ingénue
ingenuous (adj.): 1590s, "noble in nature," from Latin ingenuus "with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank, upright, candid," originally "native, freeborn," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + gen-, root of gignere "beget, produce" (see genus). Sense of "artless, innocent" is 1670s, via evolution from "high-minded" to "honorably open, straightforward," to "innocently frank." Related: Ingenuously; ingenuousness.

词态变化

副词 ingenuously;

权威造句

1. He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter.: 作为一名记者，他太老实了。

2. 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。

3. He found her charming, but perhaps just a shade too ingenuous for him.: 他觉得她很迷人，但对他来说可能又有点太过天真。

4. With ingenuous sincerity, he captivated his audience.: 他以自己的率真迷住了观众。

5. The ingenuous boy gave an account of his act, concealing nothing.: 那老实的男孩毫无隐讳地说明了他的行为.

近反义词

innocent 清白的

unsophisticated 不谙世故的

frank 坦白的

candid 率直的

open 开着的

simple 简单的

sincere 真诚的

straightforward 易懂的

artless 单纯自然的

natural 自然的

plain 清楚的

naive 天真的

childlike 孩子似的

aboveboard 光明正大地

unworldly 超凡的

gullible 易受骗的

inexperienced 无经验的

trusting 相信的

honest 诚实的

direct 直接的

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记忆方法

ingenuous 诚实的，真诚的
ingenious 天才的【u（you）诚实，i（I）天才】

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