| 单词 | ignorant |
| 释义 | ignorant[ ig-ner-uhnt ] / ˈɪg nər ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ignorant ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivelacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics. uninformed; unaware. due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement. VIDEO FOR IGNORANTWATCH NOW: What Is The Difference Between "Stupid" And "Ignorant"?Do you know the difference between the words "stupid" and "ignorant"? This man didn't either until, one day, he realized he should probably look the meanings up. Now, he can explain! Origin of ignorantFirst recorded in 1325–75; Middle English ignora(u)nt from Latin ignōrant- (stem of ignōrāns ), present participle of ignōrāre “to ignore; ” see -ant SYNONYMS FOR ignorant1 uninstructed, untutored, untaught. 2 unenlightened. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ignorant ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR ignorant1 literate. 2 learned. SEE ANTONYMS FOR ignorant ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for ignorant1. Ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated mean lacking in knowledge or in training. Ignorant may mean knowing little or nothing, or it may mean uninformed about a particular subject: An ignorant person can be dangerous. I confess I'm ignorant of mathematics. Illiterate originally meant lacking a knowledge of literature or similar learning, but is most often applied now to one unable to read or write: necessary training for illiterate soldiers. Unlettered emphasizes the idea of being without knowledge of literature: unlettered though highly trained in science. Uneducated refers especially to lack of schooling or to lack of access to a body of knowledge equivalent to that learned in schools: uneducated but highly intelligent. None of these words mean "lacking in intelligence." historical usage of ignorantIgnorant comes via Old French from Latin ignōrant-, the inflectional stem of ignōrāns, the present participle of ignōrāre “to be unaware of, be ignorant of, not know.” Ignōrāre also means “to disregard” and is the source of English ignore. Ignōrāre is related to the Latin verb gnoscere (more commonly noscere ) “to know,” from the same Proto-Indo-European root gnō- “to know” as English know and Slavic (Polish) znać “to know.” An interesting use of ignorant appears in Mark Twain’s “Old Times on the Mississippi,” an essay he wrote for The Atlantic Monthly in 1875 and that was later incorporated into chapter 4 of Life on the Mississippi (1883): “This fellow had money, too, and hair oil. Also an ignorant silver watch and a showy brass watch chain.” By transferring the “lacking in knowledge” sense of ignorant from human beings to an object, the ever-clever Twain beautifully and succinctly described a timepiece that doesn’t tell the correct time. OTHER WORDS FROM ignorantWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ignorantignorant , stupidWords nearby ignorantignominious, ignominy, ignoramus, ignorance, Ignorance is bliss, ignorant, ignoratio elenchi, ignore, ignotum per ignotius, Igorot, Igraine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ignorantBritish Dictionary definitions for ignorantignorant / (ˈɪɡnərənt) / adjectivelacking in knowledge or education; unenlightened (postpositive often foll by of) lacking in awareness or knowledge (of)ignorant of the law resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awarenessan ignorant remark Derived forms of ignorantignorantly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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