credulity
credulity 英 [krɪ'djuːlɪtɪ] 美 [krɪ'duləti]
n. 轻信；易受骗
名词复数:credulities
- Did you know that if you say credulity ten times fast it starts to sound like orange? If you believe that, then you have a lot of credulity. Credulity means gullibility, or a willingness to believe anything.
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- n. 轻信；易受骗
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1. She has practised upon my credulity with huge success.
她利用了我的轻信大获成功。
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2. The system takes advantage of their opportunism and credulity to collect money for the government and to enrich the few.
这个机制利用大众的“机会主义心理”和“轻信与跟风”的特质为政府敛财，让少部分人发家。
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3. What use were anger and protestations against her silly credulity?
对于她那样痴心的轻信，愤怒和抗议又有什么用呢？
- credulity (n.) early 15c., "faith, belief," from Old French credulité (12c.), from Latin credulitatem (nominative credulitas) "easiness of belief, rash confidence," noun of quality from credulus "that easily believes, trustful," from credere "to believe" (see credo). Meaning "a weak or ignorant disregard of the importance of evidence, a disposition too ready to believe," especially absurd or impossible things, is from 1540s.
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