首页英语词典ingenuousingenuous英英释意

ingenuous

英 [ɪn'dʒenjʊəs] 美[ɪn'dʒɛnjuəs]
  • adj. 天真的;坦白的;正直的;朴实的

英英释意


1. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious;
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
2. lacking in sophistication or worldliness;
"a child's innocent stare"
"his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"