ingenuous
ingenuous 英 [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs] 美 [ɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs]
adj. 天真的；坦白的；正直的；朴实的
an ingenuous smile 纯真的微笑
You're too ingenuous. 你太老实了。
- Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous––their open, trusting natures are a joy.
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- adj. 天真的；坦白的；正直的；朴实的
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1. an ingenuous smile
纯真的微笑
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2. You're too ingenuous.
你太老实了。
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3. 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。
- ingenuous (adj.) 1590s, "noble in nature, high-minded; honorably straightforward," from Latin ingenuus "with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank, upright, candid," originally "native, freeborn," literally "born in (a place)," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + PIE *gen(e)-wo-, suffixed form of root gene- "to give birth, beget, produce" (see genus). Sense of "artless, innocent" is 1670s, via evolution from "honorably open, straightforward," to "innocently frank." Related: Ingenuously; ingenuousness.
in·genu·ous / ɪnˈdʒenjuəs ; NAmE ɪnˈdʒenjuəs / adjective ( formal, sometimes disapproving) honest, innocent and willing to trust people 单纯的；天真的 SYN naive ◆ You're too ingenuous. 你太老实了。 ◆ an ingenuous smile 纯真的微笑 ◆ 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。 ☞compare disingenuous ▶ in·genu·ous·ly / ɪnˈdʒenjuəsli ; NAmE ɪnˈdʒenjuəsli / adverb in·genu·ous / ɪnˈdʒenjuəs ; NAmE ɪnˈdʒenjuəs / in·genu·ous·ly / ɪnˈdʒenjuəsli ; NAmE ɪnˈdʒenjuəsli /
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