ignorant
adj. 无知的,愚昧的; 由无知引起的; 无学识的
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.
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。
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。
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.
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。
1. lacking general education or knowledge;
2. ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge;
3. lacking basic knowledge;
4. used of things; lacking sense or awareness;
5. lacking knowledge or skill;
6. lacking information or knowledge;
ignorant, illiterate
这两个形容词均可表示"无知的"之意。
The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
获取知识的第一步,是承认自己无知.
Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter.
有些人因不知道如此重要的一件事而颇感自豪.
Or worse, they may think that you are ignorant of important professional news.
或更糟的是, 他们可能会以为你对重要的专业新信息一无所知.
He's not stupid, merely ignorant.
他并不愚蠢, 只是无知.
He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave ] .
他对 五线谱 一窍不通.