n.(名词)

1. 无知，愚昧
2. 不知道，不明白
3. 缺乏教育
4. 丝毫不知，一无所知，一窍不通
5. 不学无术
6. 孤陋寡闻
7. 缺乏科学知识
8. 茫然

n.(名词)

1. [U]无知 lack of knowledge, information or consciousness

Noun:

1. the lack of knowledge or education

1.无知;愚昧
ignorance of something is lack of knowledge about it.

e.g. I am embarrassed by my completeignorance of history...
我对历史一无所知,这让我很难堪。
e.g. There is so muchignorance about mental illness...
人们对精神疾病很不了解。

1. 愚昧：另一方面,作为一种法律推理制度,分析法学是科学的,因为它减少法官的偏见、愚昧(ignorance)和腐败的可能性,阻止他们背离清晰表达的已制定出的规则. 然而,庞德是在它的实用意义方面喜欢这个科学的法律概念. 因此,他指出,分析法学的缺点在于,

He tried to veil his contempt at my ignorance.

他试图掩饰对我的无知的蔑视。

I guess ignorance must be a sin.

我认为无知是一种罪。

I regret my ignorance on the subject.

我对自己对这个课题的无知感到遗憾。

Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.

[谚]知识使人谦虚，无知使人骄傲。

It is not good to trade on another's ignorance.

利用他人的无知是不应该的。

Poverty and ignorance are the enemies of progress.

贫穷和愚昧是进步的敌人。

Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts.

有些医生认为无知是福，因此不向病人透露全部病情。

Children often behave badly out of'/through ignorance .

儿童往往出于无知而不守规矩。

She was kept in ignorance of her husband's activities.

关于丈夫的活动，她一直蒙在鼓里。

They fought a long battle against prejudice and ignorance.

他们同偏见与无知进行了长期的斗争。

widespread ignorance of'/about the disease

对这种疾病的普遍不了解

I am embarrassed by my complete ignorance of history...

我对历史一无所知,这让我很难堪。

There is so much ignorance about mental illness...

人们对精神疾病很不了解。

It's a draft constitution.

这是宪法草案.

The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.

疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的.

Conceit comes from shallowness; arrogance is due to ignorance.

骄傲来自浅薄, 狂妄出于无知.

Maybe it is all due to my own ignorance.

也许是我少见多怪.

One discovers his ignorance only through learning.

学然后知不足.

They made a jest of his ignorance.

他们笑话他无知.

I am in sheer ignorance of the matter.

我对此事全然无知.

He displayed a willful ignorance of their plight.

对于他们的困境他故意装作一无所知.

ignorance of a law does not excuse a man for violating it.

一个人不懂法律不构成犯法的理由.

Their opposition stems from fear and ignorance.

他们反对是出于惧怕和无知.

He managed to acquire a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his real ignorance.

他设法装出有点知识的外表,用来掩饰自己的无知.

Conceit is associated with stupidity and ignorance.

骄傲的朋友是愚蠢和无知.

Don't make presumptuous comments out of ignorance. Don't make improper comments before you know the whole story.

不要不明原委,就妄加评论.

I regret my ignorance on the subject.

我很遗憾,对此问题一无所知.

No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance.

以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的.

His ignorance is appalling.

他愚蠢到极点.

He glibly professed his ignorance of the affair.

他口口声声表白不知道这件事.

We are in complete ignorance of his plans.

我们完全不知道他的计划.

His mistake proceeded from his ignorance of it.

他的错误是出于他对那件事的无知.

People labour under ignorance and superstition.

人们因愚昧和迷信而受害.

A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance.

一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.

They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance.

他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。

1. Poverty, disease and ignorance remain major world problems.
   贫困、疾病和无知仍是世界主要问题。
2. She pretended ignorance about the accident.
   她装作不知道这起事故。
3. He displayed an amazing ignorance in art.
   他在艺术方面表现出惊人的无知。
4. Tom pleaded ignorance of the law.
   汤姆以不熟悉法律为借口。
5. I regret my ignorance on the subject.
   很抱歉,我对这个问题一无所知。

动词+～

• ignorance">abuse〔exploit〕 sb's ignorance利用某人的无知
• ignorance">confess one's ignorance承认自己的无知
• ignorance">feign〔show〕 ignorance假装〔表现〕无知
• ignorance">plead ignorance声称不知
• ignorance%20of">sheer ignorance of对…全然无知

形容词+～

• ignorance">profound〔total〕 ignorance极无知

介词+～

• ignorance">from ignorance出于无知
• ignorance%20of%20sth">in ignorance of sth不知某事
• ignorance">out of〔through〕 ignorance出于无知

～+介词

• ignorance%20about">ignorance about在…方面的无知
• ignorance%20of">ignorance of对…一无所知

• Every care was taken to ensure that he was kept in ignorance of what had occurred.

  出自：W. Soyinka

• She didn't know what an ovary was but she wasn't going to admit ignorance.

  出自：P. Barker

n.(名词)

1. ignorance用作不可数名词时,作“无知,不了解,不知道”解。也可用作可数名词,强调某种无知。
2. ignorance和about连用表示“不知道某事”,与in连用表示“对某事的某方面知道得很少”,与of〔on〕连用表示“对某事全然不知道”。

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的ignorantia，意为不知道，无知。