ignorant

英 [ˈɪɡnərənt] 美 [ˈɪɡnərənt]

adj.  (对某事物)不了解的; 无知的; 愚昧的; 无学识的; 很无礼的; 十分不懂规矩的

复数:ignorants

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牛津词典

adj.

  1. (对某事物)不了解的;无知的;愚昧的;无学识的
    lacking knowledge or information about sth; not educated
    1. an ignorant person/question
      无知的人 / 提问
    2. He's ignorant about modern technology.
      他对现代科技一无所知。
    3. At that time I was ignorant of events going on elsewhere.
      那时我并不了解其他地方发生的事情。
    4. Never make your students feel ignorant.
      千万别让你的学生感到自己一无所知。
  2. 很无礼的;十分不懂规矩的
    with very bad manners
    1. a rude, ignorant person
      粗鲁无礼的人

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 无知的;愚昧的;(对…)不知情的
    If you describe someone as ignorant, you mean that they do not know things they should know. If someone is ignorant of a fact, they do not know it.
    1. People don't like to ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant...
      人们不喜欢问问题,害怕自己会显得很无知。
    2. Many people are worryingly ignorant of the facts about global warming.
      许多人竟然不知道地球变暖的事实,实在令人担忧。
    3. ...ignorant peasants.
      愚昧无知的农民
  2. ADJ-GRADED 无礼的,粗鲁的(一些人认为用该词表达此义欠妥)
    People are sometimes described as ignorant when they do something that is not polite or kind. Some people think that it is not correct to use ignorant with this meaning.
    1. I met some very ignorant people who called me all kinds of names.
      我碰到了一些非常粗鲁的家伙,他们用各种脏话骂我。

双语例句

  1. Authors are famously ignorant about the realities of publishing
    作者们不了解出版界的实际情况,这是人所共知的。
  2. People don't like to ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant
    人们不喜欢问问题,害怕自己会显得很无知。
  3. Many people are worryingly ignorant of the facts about global warming.
    许多人竟然不知道地球变暖的事实,实在令人担忧。
  4. I met some very ignorant people who called me all kinds of names.
    我碰到了一些非常粗鲁的家伙,他们用各种脏话骂我。
  5. He was self-important, vain and ignorant.
    他傲慢自负,虚荣无知。
  6. The intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one.
    极爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。
  7. A tiny insect, trying to shake a mighty tree, is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness.
    蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量。
  8. He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave].
    他对五线谱一窍不通。
  9. It is precisely such ignorant people who take Marxism-Leninism as a religious dogma.
    那些将马克思列宁主义当宗教教条看待的人,就是这种蒙昧无知的人。
  10. It was an ignorant remark for someone who claims to be an expert.
    对于一个自称是专家的人来说,那是浅薄之谈。
  11. Where the fine arts are concerned, I am totally ignorant.
    对于美术,我是个门外汉。
  12. A conceited man will fail; an arrogant man is ignorant.
    自满者败,自矜者愚。
  13. She is young and ignorant, so you shouldn't bear her any grudge.
    她年轻不懂事,您别记恨。
  14. I never realized that he was so pitifully ( or pathetically) ignorant.
    他竟然无知到这样可怜的程度!
  15. He was too ignorant.
    他太无知了。
  16. There's no point discussing serious music with such ignorant people.
    跟这种没有知识的人议论严肃音乐本来就没有意思。
  17. An ignorant person can be dangerous.
    无知的人可能是危险的。
  18. I am ignorant of what he has done.
    我不知道他干了些什么。
  19. You are, at present, ignorant, I know.
    我知道,你到现在还是一无所知的。
  20. Or worse, they may think that you are ignorant of important professional news.
    或更糟的是,他们可能会认为你对重要的专业新信息一无所知。
  21. I can't, so I am very ignorant.
    我是不能的,所以我也很无知。
  22. How ignorant you are!
    你太无知了!
  23. He is such an ignorant man. I can't stand to be around him.
    他是一个如此无知的人,我无法忍受和他在一起。
  24. From this thing I really feel that we are so naive and ignorant to be misled by the media?
    从这事我真感到我们是那么的天真和无知被媒体所误导?
  25. This fable criticizes those ignorant and arrogant people.
    这则寓言讽刺了那些孤陋寡闻,又盲目自大的人。
  26. Poor and ignorant is source of all evil!
    贫穷和愚昧是一切罪恶之源!
  27. Some people here are so damn ignorant and selfish!
    这里有些人如此地无知和自私!
  28. Or am I alone ignorant while others are not?
    或者只是我一个人无知而别人并不像我一样?
  29. Entanglements, I spent so many years, still be inferior to a ignorant.
    纠结,我相处了这么多年,还不如一个一无所知的人。
  30. You are an ignorant buffoon.
    你是个无知的小丑。

同义词辨析

  ignorant illiterate uneducated【导航词义:无知的】

  ignorant adj. 无知的,愚昧的

〔辨析〕指对本应了解的信息或事实一无所知的。

〔例证〕
He is ignorant of the international situation.
他对国际形势一无所知。
She is ignorant about politics.
她对政治一窍不通。

  illiterate adj. 文盲的

〔辨析〕指不会读写的或不识字的。

〔例证〕
Many Chinese women were illiterate in ancient time.
在古代很多中国妇女都不识字。
About 86% of the adult population in that area is illiterate.
那一地区的成年人中约有86%是文盲。

  uneducated adj. 没受过教育的;缺乏教养的

〔辨析〕指受教育水平低或没受过良好教育的。

〔例证〕
uneducated speech
没有教养的谈吐
Rumours are easily spread among uneducated people.
谣言容易在无知的人中间传播。
The young mailman was intelligent but uneducated.
那名年轻的邮递员很聪明,但是没受过教育。

英英释义

adj

  1. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning
    1. she is ignorant of quantum mechanics
    2. he is musically illiterate

    Synonym:    illiterate

  2. uneducated in general
    1. an ignorant man
    2. nescient of contemporary literature
    3. an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues
    4. exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions

    Synonym:    nescientunlearnedunlettered

  3. unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
    1. he was completely ignorant of the circumstances
    2. an unknowledgeable assistant
    3. his rudeness was unwitting

    Synonym:    unknowledgeableunknowingunwitting