"ingenuous" in Chinese (Simplified)
天真坦率
Definition
形容一个人诚实、坦率,没有心机或欺骗;天真、单纯,表现出真诚的特质。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“Ingenuous” 很正式,多用于书面语。不要和“ingenious(聪明的,有创造力的)”混淆。通常形容诚实、坦率,有时也带有天真的意味。常见搭配有“ingenuous smile(天真的微笑)”。
Examples
The child's ingenuous question made everyone smile.
孩子**天真的**问题让大家都笑了。
She gave him an ingenuous smile.
她给了他一个**天真的**微笑。
His ingenuous answers showed he was telling the truth.
他**天真的**回答表明他说的是真话。
You could tell by her ingenuous expression that she had no idea what was going on.
从她**天真的**表情可以看出,她完全不知道发生了什么。
He's completely ingenuous, so sometimes people take advantage of him.
他非常**天真**,所以有时候人们会利用他。
She had an ingenuous way of speaking that made everyone trust her immediately.
她说话的方式很**天真**,让大家立刻信任了她。