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.