3British EnglishBrE spokenRUDE/IMPOLITErude or impolite 粗鲁的;不礼貌的
ignorant behaviour
粗鲁的行为
—ignorantlyadverbadv
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ignorant• I didn't like to ask him to explain more clearly because I didn't want to appear ignorant.• Or was he just pretending to be ignorant?• I'm very ignorant about politics.• These research subjects are presumed to be ignorant and vulnerable groups in society and almost always include students.• My inquiriesreveal that most of these are caused by exerciseprogrammesdevised by ignorantcharlatansfeeding off our need for health.• That was an ignorantjoke!• a crude and ignorant man• But political historians are often rather ignorant of economics.• There are still doctors who are ignorant of patients' rights, or who try to deny them.• The thinking seems to be that many savers are too ignorant or lazy to shop around.• Either she was woefully ignorant, or wilfully obtuse.
ignorant of• Many young people are ignorant ofrecenthistory.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤appear, be, feel, seem, sound顯得無知;無知;覺得無知;似乎無知;聽上去無知➤act佯裝不知情◇I decided to continue acting ignorant, just to make fun of her.我決定繼續假裝不知情,只是為了逗她玩玩。➤remain, stay (NAmE) 仍然不瞭解◇The general public remained totally ignorant of the danger.公眾對這一危險仍然全無意識。◇I wanted to stay ignorant of my fate for a few more precious hours.我想再多享受寶貴的幾小時而不去想自己的命運如何。➤keep sb把某人蒙在鼓裏◇We were kept ignorant of the facts.我們受了蒙蔽,不瞭解事實真相。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常無知▸➤completely, entirely, incredibly, plain, profoundly, totally, utterly, wholly一無所知;難以置信地無知;簡直愚昧;純粹無知;渾然不知◇Don't ask Paul. He's completely ignorant.別問保羅,他完全不知情。➤largely大體無知➤simply簡直無知◇They are simply ignorant, I'm afraid to say.他們簡直就是無知,恐怕我只能這樣說了。➤blissfully有幸不知道◇We went to bed that night blissfully ignorant of the storm to come.好在那天我們上牀睡覺時對即將來臨的暴風雨一無所知。➤wilfully/willfully故作無知▸➤woefully無知得可悲PREPOSITION➤about對⋯無知◇He was completely ignorant about the country's political system.他對這個國家的政治體制一無所知。➤of對於⋯無知◇We are still woefully ignorant of the causes of this disease.令人悲哀的是,我們對這種疾病的致病原因仍然一無所知。
ignorant adj. ⇨ignorant (an ignorant child)⇨unaware (ignorant of the facts)ignorant
adjective
ignorant ♦︎ illiterate ♦︎ untrained ♦︎ uneducated ♦︎ uninformed ♦︎ cluelessThese words all describe sb who lacks knowledge about sth or is not educated.这些词均形容人无知的、未受过教育的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆ignorant / uninformed / clueless about sth◆ignorant / illiterate / untrained / uneducated / uninformed / clueless people◆an ignorant / uninformed comment◆completely ignorant / illiterate / untrained / uneducated / uninformed / clueless◆totally ignorant / illiterate / uneducated / uninformed / clueless◆largely ignorant / illiterate / untrained / uneducated / uninformed■ignorant ˈɪgnərənt (disapproving) lacking knowledge about sth(对某事物)不了解的,无知的,愚昧的◆At that time I was young and ignorant, with little experience of the world.那时我年少无知,不谙世事。◆You should never make your students feel ignorant.千万别让你的学生感到自己无知。◆Too many politicians are ignorant about the issues involved.太多政客对所牵涉到的问题并不了解。ⓘ In most cases it is not polite to call a person ignorant.在多数情况下说某人ignorant是不礼貌的。OPPknowledgeable ⇨ informed■illiterate ɪˈlɪtərət (of a person) not knowing how to read or write; (of a document or letter) badly written, as if by sb without much education(人)不会读写的,不识字的;(文件或信函)行文拙劣的,不通顺的◆A large percentage of the rural population was illiterate.农村人口中,文盲占很大的比例。◆Many of the application forms we received were virtually illiterate.我们收到的很多申请表简直不知所云。ⓘ Illiterate can also be used after a noun or adverb to mean 'not knowing much about a particular subject area'. * illiterate亦可用在名词或副词后表示“对某学科了解不多”◆Even if you're computer illiterate you should be able to follow these simple instructions.即使是计算机盲,也应该会照着这些简单的指令来操作。OPPliterateⓘ A literate person is able to read and write. * literate表示有读写能力的。■untrainednot trained to perform a particular job or skill未经训练的◆It's unreasonable to expect untrained workers to achieve spectacular results.指望未经培训的工人取得了不起的成果是不合常理的。◆The troops were untrained in guerrilla warfare.这些军队未受过游击战的训练。OPPtrained see also train ⇨ trainverb1■uneducatedhaving had little or no formal education未受教育的;未教化的◆We're trying to work with a largely uneducated workforce.我们在勉力跟多半缺乏教育的员工共事。OPPeducated ⇨ informed■uninformed ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmd; NAmEˌʌnɪnˈfɔːrmdhaving or showing a lack of knowledge or information about sth知识(或信息)贫乏的;蒙昧的;无知的◆The public is largely uninformed about this disease.公众大多对这种疾病所知甚少。◆Uninformed criticism certainly will not help us solve the problem.不了解情况的空泛批评肯定无助于我们解决问题。OPPinformed ⇨ informed■cluelessˈkluːləs (informal, disapproving) not able to understand or do sth(对某事)不懂的,无能的◆He's completely clueless about computers.他对计算机一窍不通。OPPclued-up,clued-inⓘ A person who is clued-up (BrE) /clued-in (NAmE) knows a lot about sth and understands it well. * clued-up,美式英语为clued-in,表示对某事所知甚多、很懂行。