词汇 | gullible |
释义 | gullible adjective uk /ˈɡʌl.ə.bəl/ us /ˈɡʌl.ə.bəl/ easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say: 容易上当的,易受欺骗的,轻信的 There are any number of miracle cures on the market for people gullible enough to buy them.市场上有好多种所谓的奇效药,专门诱骗那些轻信的人掏腰包。 Stupid and silly absurd absurdity absurdly adolescent against your better judgmentidiom dopey dopily dorky dottiness dotty in his/her/their wisdomidiom in someone's infinite wisdomidiom inadvisable injudicious injudiciously uncritical uncritically undiscriminating unintelligent unperceptive Related wordgullibility gullible | American Dictionarygullible adjective us/ˈɡʌl·ə·bəl/ easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say: a gullible young man Examples of gulliblegullible We are gullible, fallible, the marginally interested, vulnerable general public. Jenkins is the scourge not only of radical interpreters but of readers who believe that the word ' gullible ' is not in the dictionary. Not only are the public often assumed to be a trifle gullible, they are also portrayed as empty vessels. There will be no academic studies, no eulogies from gullible literary editors. He held strong views on the pauperisation of the working class and regarded deserted wives as a group skilful in extracting money from gullible aid boards. The chemist or the greengrocer has been gullible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The history of taxation is full of cunning tricks played upon a gullible electorate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They benefit from what might be called misdemeanours which operate on the gullible public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that ordinary men and women today are nearly so gullible that they require bribes to give their votes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But that has never been denied, and it has been accepted by the public—the gullible public as far as aviation is concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the scares have gained some credence among gullible people, but it seems to me that the college is in no jeopardy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without being gullible, we can be optimistic, and then perhaps we can have a debate. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is now said that these people were incompetent and gullible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is precisely what we are doing here, yet it is said that the courts will be slow and gullible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The medical profession, like most other scientists, is one of the most gullible things in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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