| 单词 | gullible |
| 例句 | gullible adjective •he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows:credulous, naive, overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent, inexperienced, unworldly, green | informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday. ANT suspicious.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD gullible, callow, credulous, ingenuous, naive, trusting, unsophisticated Some people will believe anything. Those who are truly gullible are the easiest to deceive, which is why they so often make fools of themselves. Those who are merely credulous might be a little too quick to believe something, but they usually aren't stupid enough to act on it. Trusting suggests the same willingness to believe (•a trusting child), but it isn't necessarily a bad way to be (•a person so trusting he completely disarmed his enemies). No one likes to be called naive because it implies a lack of street smarts (•she's so naive she'd accept a ride from a stranger), but when applied to things other than people, it can describe a simplicity and absence of artificiality that is quite charming (•the naive style in which nineteenth-century American portraits were often painted). Most people would rather be thought of as ingenuous, meaning straightforward and sincere (•an ingenuous confession of the truth), because it implies the simplicity of a child without the negative overtones. Callow, however, comes down a little more heavily on the side of immaturity and almost always goes hand-in-hand with youth. Whether young or old, someone who is unsophisticated suffers from a lack of experience.These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word. |
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