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单词 know-nothing
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know-nothing


know-noth·ing

(nō′nŭth′ĭng)n.1. A totally ignorant person; an ignoramus.2. An anti-intellectual.3. An agnostic.4. Know-Nothing A member of a political party in the United States during the 1850s that was antagonistic toward recent immigrants and Roman Catholics.
know′-noth′ing·ism n.

know-nothing

n informal derogatory an ignorant person

know′-noth`ing



n. 1. an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus. 2. (caps.) a member of a U.S. political party of the 1850s, whose aim was to exclude Catholics and the foreign-born from political participation: so called because members professed ignorance of the party's activities. 3. an agnostic. [1815–25]

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know-nothing

A completely ignorant, uninformed, or unknowledgeable person. I wish my father had never hired a know-nothing like you to manage our accounts!
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