一、详细释义:


adj.

无知的,愚昧的


例句:

By 1900, unsafe hospitals and ignorant nurses were things of the past.

到1900年,不保险的医院与无知的护士都不存在了。


例句:

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。


例句:

He's so ignorant that he cannot write his own name.

他很无知, 连自己的名字都写不出。


无礼的,粗鲁的


例句:

He is an ignorant person —he always goes through a door in front of a lady.

他是一个很无礼的人——他总是在进门时走在女士前面。


例句:

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。


二、词义辨析:


ignorant,illiterate

这两个形容词均可表示“无知的”之意。 ignorant指一般的无知或指不知道某个具体的事。 illiterate指不识字的人或没有文化的人。


三、参考例句:


He is utterly ignorant of staff.

他对五线谱一窍不通。


He is ignorant of what happened.

他不知道发生了什么事。


He is totally ignorant of social usage.

他对社会习俗一无所知。


Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ignorant for breaking the law.

法律知识的欠缺不是违反法律的理由。


The speaker ground on, ignorant of his listeners' boredom.

演讲人唠唠叨叨,没注意到听众的厌烦情绪。


Many chinese are still deeply ignorant about aids.

许多中国人仍然对有关艾滋病的无知。


Uphold science; don't be ignorant and unenlightened.

热爱科学,不要愚昧和无知。


He confessed himself totally ignorant of their plans.

他承认自己对于他们的计划一无所知。


He is ignorant of even the most elementary facts.

他连最基本的事实都不知道。


Some of these secular priests were ignorant, bumptious.

那些俗里俗气的神父中有些人一窍不通,自以为是。