Credulity
[krɪ'djuːlɪtɪ] or [krɪ'duləti]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
錄入:玛格利特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Easiness of belief, readiness to believe (on slight evidence).
整理:皮尔斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness
ANT:Incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness
加勒特錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思：
A feminine virtue and a masculine vice.
奥布里校對
例句/造句/用法:
- But there was less equivocal testimony, which the credulity of the assembly, or of the greater part, greedily swallowed, however incredible. 沃爾特·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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- No lurking horrors were to upbraid him for his easy credulity. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Few things, however, so tax the credulity of the uninformed as a description of the functions and possibilities of the spectroscope. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- They greedily imbibed this belief; and their over-weening credulity even rendered them eager to make converts to the same faith. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- We are made, so to speak, for belief; credulity is natural. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This author puts my credulity on its mettle every now and then. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- What was this, but the action of diseased imaginations and childish credulity? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Customers will be drawn to each conventicle by new industry and address, in practising on the passions and credulity of the populace. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Those who support a hypothesis should bring it to the test of rigid verification, avoiding skepticism, shunning credulity. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
整理:梅纳德