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单词 ignorant
释义

ignorant

adjective
/ˈɪɡnərənt/
/ˈɪɡnərənt/
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  1. (often disapproving) not having or showing much knowledge or information about things; not educated
    • an ignorant person/question
    • Never make your students feel ignorant.
    Extra Examples
    • At that time I was young and ignorant, with little experience of the world.
    • Don't ask Paul. He's pig ignorant.
    • I decided to continue acting ignorant, just to make fun of her.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • feel
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • about
    • of
    See full entry
  2. not having any knowledge or information about a particular thing
    • ignorant of something At that time I was ignorant of events going on elsewhere.
    • ignorant about something He's ignorant about modern technology.
    Extra Examples
    • He was completely ignorant about the country's political system.
    • Too many politicians are ignorant about the issues involved.
    • I wanted to stay ignorant of my fate for a few more precious hours.
    • We were kept ignorant of the facts.
    • The general public remained totally ignorant of the danger.
    • We are still woefully ignorant of the causes of this disease.
    • We went to bed that night blissfully ignorant of the storm to come.
  3. (informal, disapproving) with very bad manners synonym uncouth
    • a rude, ignorant person
    • You're behaving like a stupid ignorant child!
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’.
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