Disingenuous
[,dɪsɪn'dʒenjʊəs] or [,dɪsɪn'dʒɛnjuəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; 'an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time'- David Cannadine; 'a disingenuous excuse' .
丹整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
(a.) Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
編輯:罗德里克
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Unfair, dishonest, insincere, uncandid, artful, cunning, sly, insidious, deceitful, knavish, false, false-hearted, not frank, not open.
埃菲編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See INGENUOUS]
錄入:莱斯特
解釋/意思:
adj. not ingenuous: not frank or open: crafty.—adv. Disingen′uously.—n. Disingen′uousness.
錄入:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- Nor is there anything disingenuous about this focusing of the attention: a real belief is there. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Labor receives only a perfunctory and largely disingenuous attention; even commerce is handled in a way that expresses neither its direction nor its public use. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
錄入:玛莎