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
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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。