ignorant

英['ɪgn(ə)r(ə)nt] 美['ɪɡnərənt]

比较级: more ignorant;最高级: most ignorant;副词: ignorantly;

1、i- ( assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" ) + gnor- + -ant.

ignorant (adj.): late 14c., from Old French ignorant (14c.), from Latin ignorantia, from ignorantem (nominative ignorans), present participle of ignorare "not to know, to be unacquainted; mistake, misunderstand; take no notice of, pay no attention to," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old Latin gnarus "aware, acquainted with" (cognates: Classical Latin noscere "to know," notus "known"), from Proto-Latin suffixed form *gno-ro-, related to gnoscere "to know" (see know).

Form influenced by Latin ignotus "unknown." Also see uncouth. Colloquial sense of "ill-mannered" first attested 1886. As a noun meaning "ignorant person" from mid-15c.

1. Authors are famously ignorant about the realities of publishing.: 作者们不了解出版界的实际情况，这是人所共知的。

2. People don'tlike to ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant.: 人们不喜欢问问题，害怕自己会显得很无知。

3. Many people are worryingly ignorant of the facts about global warming.: 许多人竟然不知道地球变暖的事实，实在令人担忧。

4. I'm statistic-phobic, and hopelessly ignorant of medicine.: 我对统计数据感到恐惧，对药物一窍不通。