ignorant

• adj. 无知的；愚昧的

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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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