ignorant
adj. 無知的,愚昧的; 由無知引起的; 無學識的
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...
人們不喜歡問問題,害怕自己會顯得很無知。
Many people are worryingly ignorant of the facts about global warming.
許多人竟然不知道地球變暖的事實,實在令人擔憂。
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魯的傢伙,他們用各種髒話罵我。
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
這兩個形容詞均可表示"無知的"之意。
The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
獲取知識的第一步,是承認自己無知.
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頗感自豪.
Or worse, they may think that you are ignorant of important professional news.
或更糟的是, 他們可能會以為你對重要的專業新資訊一無所知.
He's not stupid, merely ignorant.
他並不愚蠢, 只是無知.
He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave ] .
他對 五線譜 一竅不通.