ignorance
noun /ˈɪɡnərəns/
/ˈɪɡnərəns/
[uncountable]Idioms - a lack of knowledge or information about something
无知 - 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。 - I hate to admit my ignorance, but how does it work?
我不想承认我的无知，但这是怎么回事呢？ - ignorance of something He showed a remarkable ignorance of the facts.
他对这些事实表现得一无所知。 - ignorance about something widespread ignorance about the disease
对这种疾病的普遍无知 - in ignorance of something She was kept in ignorance of her husband's activities.
关于丈夫的活动，她一直蒙在鼓里。 - out of ignorance Children often behave badly out of ignorance.
儿童出于无知往往不守规矩。 - through ignorance Many lives are lost through ignorance.
许多人由于无知而丧命。
Express Yourself Saying that you don’t know something or giving yourself time to thinkSaying that you don’t know something or giving yourself time to think表示不知道或需要想一想 告诉别人你不知道他们想要了解的信息，有多种方式： - I really don't know.
我确实不知道。
- I really don't know.
- I’m afraid I don't have the faintest idea.
很抱歉，我一点都不知道。
- I’m afraid I don't have the faintest idea.
- Sorry, I have absolutely no idea.
对不起，我完全不知道。
- Sorry, I have absolutely no idea.
- Has anyone left a message? No, not to my knowledge/not as far as I know.
有谁留过言吗？没有，据我所知没有。
- Has anyone left a message? No, not to my knowledge/not as far as I know.
- Well, that’s a good question.
嗯，这是一个很好的问题。
- Well, that’s a good question.
- Yes, that’s an interesting point/idea.
是的，这观点很有意思。
- Yes, that’s an interesting point/idea.
- Well, let me see…
好吧，让我想一想…
- Well, let me see…
- Let me think about that for a moment.
让我想一下。
- Let me think about that for a moment.
- He pleaded ignorance of any wrongdoing.
他辩称自己对所有的坏事概不知情。 - Outsiders, in their ignorance, fail to understand this.
局外人因为不知情没法理解这一点。 - These attitudes are based on ignorance and fear.
这样的看法都是源于无知和恐惧。 - This showed a profound ignorance of local customs.
这表明对当地风俗全然无知。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- utter
- …
- betray
- demonstrate
- display
- …
- due to ignorance
- in ignorance (of)
- in your ignorance
- …
词源Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorantia, from ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. - They fought a long battle against prejudice and ignorance.
Idioms
blissful ignorance
- the state of not knowing about something and so being unable to worry about it
无知是福；不知道心不烦 - We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on.
我们乐得对正发生的事一无所知。
- We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on.
ignorance is bliss
- (saying) if you do not know about something, you cannot worry about it
无知是福；不知道心不烦 - 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。
- Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts.