gullibility

[美]/ˌgʌli'biliti/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 易受骗, 轻信, 易上当
词形变化

例句

the gullibility of the electorate was tested to the nth degree by such promises.

选民已被此种许诺愚弄了无数次。

fall for scams due to gullibility

因轻信而上当受骗

prey on people's gullibility

利用人们的轻信

gullibility leads to deception

轻信导致欺骗

beware of gullibility in others

小心他人的轻信

gullibility can be a weakness

轻信可能是一种弱点

overcome gullibility through critical thinking

通过批判性思维克服轻信

gullibility is often exploited in marketing

轻信经常被营销利用

原声例句

The same with gullibility and trustworthiness. We can say that the other side of gullibility someone who's trustworthy.

同理,还有轻信和值得信赖。这两种品质,可以说,值得信赖的人,另一方面很容易轻信别人,这种性格。

来源: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

As she sifts through the tainted past, Wolf is horrified by her own “incurable” gullibility.

当沃尔夫细究其不堪回首的过往,她因自身那“无法治愈”的易轻信他人的性格而惊恐。

来源: The Economist - Arts

However I don't get rid of my gullibility because I don't want to also get rid of my trustworthiness.

然而,我却不想丢掉轻信别人的习惯,因为同时我不想丢掉我值得信赖的优点。

来源: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

The guild had gullibility about him.

行会很轻信他。

来源: Pan Pan

Cynics would probably tell you that the opposite of cynicism is gullibility, blindly trusting other people, and that cynicism is a sort of wisdom, a hard-earned sense that, in fact, people cannot be trusted.

玩世不恭的人可能会告诉你,玩世不恭的反义词是轻信,盲目相信别人,玩世不恭是一种智慧,一种来之不易的感觉,事实上,人们不能信任。

来源: Harvard Business Review

I inquired about pound parties at the Creek, and my gullibility was verified. Yet the occasion had been truly a party, and the Townsends had done their best to make it festive.

我询问了在小溪举行的英镑派对,我的轻信被证实了。然而,这个场合确实是一场派对,汤森夫妇竭尽全力让它充满节日气氛。

来源: Cross Stream (Part 1)

The Brooklyn Bridge is also part of a popular expression, or saying, in English about " selling you the Brooklyn Bridge." The idea that you could sell someone the Brooklyn Bridge is used to indicate the gullibility of another person.

布鲁克林大桥也是英语中“卖给你布鲁克林大桥”的流行表达或说法的一部分。你可以把布鲁克林大桥卖给某人的想法被用来表明另一个人的轻信性。

来源: 2014 English Cafe

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