ingenuous
🇬🇧 UK/ɪn'dʒenjʊəs/🇺🇸 US/in'dʒenjuәs/
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Naive, innocent, and trusting; showing childlike simplicity and openness
天真的;坦率的;朴实的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.ingenuous smile天真的微笑
- 2.ingenuous nature天真的本性
- 3.[ingenuous] character[率直的]性格
Example Sentences
- 1.
Her ingenuous smile and trusting nature made her vulnerable to betrayal.
- 2.
The child's ingenuous questions about life revealed innocent curiosity about world.