Credulity
[krɪ'djuːlɪtɪ] or [krɪ'duləti]
解释:
(n.) Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
录入:玛格利特
同义词及近义词：
n. Easiness of belief, readiness to believe (on slight evidence).
整理:皮尔斯
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness
ANT:Incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness
加勒特录入
娱乐性解释：
A feminine virtue and a masculine vice.
奥布里校对
例句:
- But there was less equivocal testimony, which the credulity of the assembly, or of the greater part, greedily swallowed, however incredible. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Bertha has been behaving more than ever like a madwoman, and George's powers of credulity are very nearly exhausted. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- No lurking horrors were to upbraid him for his easy credulity. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Few things, however, so tax the credulity of the uninformed as a description of the functions and possibilities of the spectroscope. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- They greedily imbibed this belief; and their over-weening credulity even rendered them eager to make converts to the same faith. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The information may be of use to you, if only to prevent your credulity, in judging another man's truthfulness by your own, from being imposed upon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- We are made, so to speak, for belief; credulity is natural. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This author puts my credulity on its mettle every now and then. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- What was this, but the action of diseased imaginations and childish credulity? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Customers will be drawn to each conventicle by new industry and address, in practising on the passions and credulity of the populace. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Those who support a hypothesis should bring it to the test of rigid verification, avoiding skepticism, shunning credulity. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
整理:梅纳德