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ingenuous 【ingenuous】adj. 坦白的；老实的She gave ingenuous answers to all of the strangers' question.她诚实回答所有陌生人的问题。

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[ɪn'dʒenjuəs] 
ingenuouslacking in sophistication or worldliness
Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous––their open, trusting natures are a joy.
A near synonym is naive. Its opposite is disingenuous, which means "giving a false impression of being honest and sincere." Don't confuse the word ingenuous with the similarly spelled ingenious, which means "very smart or clever." Ingenuous is from Latin ingenuus "having the qualities of people born free, noble, honest, open," ultimately formed from the prefix in- "in" plus gignere "to produce."
All forms of 'ingenuous' will appear on average once every 1314 pages.disingenuouslydisingenuousnessdisingenuousingenuousingenuouslyingenuousness
CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: INGENIOUS-INGENUOUS
			
  Quiz  time! Which example uses ingenuous correctly?

YouTube Marketing An Ingenuous Thing: What You Need To Know
  
    Indeed, even an ingenuous child cries out with remorse when  caught.
  
    Joe Muench: Ingenuous plan for using those Asarco properties

If  you picked the second one, give yourself a gold star. Ingenuous means innocent, artless, simple. It could be a compliment  or an insult, but it does not somehow mean clever or creative. Our second  example explains that even a innocent child will feel remorse about a thing if  he's caught doing it (though, if he's "caught," doesn't that imply  wrongdoing?).

The sad, ingenuous path of John Locke has been trumped by  the machinations of Betty Draper.
  
    If you refuse to take part in a game of corruption that everyone  around you is playing, you're taken for an ingenuous fool.

Both  the first and third examples wanted ingenious, meaning something original, creative, inventive. As in:

Caffeinated Marshmallows?! Ingenious!

YouTube  marketing might be just thing clever thing to sell your product. And though you  might have an innocent way of using those Asarco properties, it's not something  worth bragging about. A creative use is another story. So are caffeinated  marshmallows. Just don't give them to ingenuous kids.

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Back	【ingenuous】 adj. 坦白的；老实的 She gave ingenuous answers to all of the strangers' question. 她诚实回答所有陌生人的问题。
Vocab	ingenuouslacking in sophistication or worldliness Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous––their open, trusting natures are a joy. A near synonym is naive. Its opposite is disingenuous, which means "giving a false impression of being honest and sincere." Don't confuse the word ingenuous with the similarly spelled ingenious, which means "very smart or clever." Ingenuous is from Latin ingenuus "having the qualities of people born free, noble, honest, open," ultimately formed from the prefix in- "in" plus gignere "to produce." All forms of 'ingenuous' will appear on average once every 1314 pages. disingenuously disingenuousness disingenuous ingenuous ingenuously ingenuousness CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: INGENIOUS-INGENUOUS Quiz time! Which example uses ingenuous correctly? YouTube Marketing An Ingenuous Thing: What You Need To Know Indeed, even an ingenuous child cries out with remorse when caught. Joe Muench: Ingenuous plan for using those Asarco properties If you picked the second one, give yourself a gold star. Ingenuous means innocent, artless, simple. It could be a compliment or an insult, but it does not somehow mean clever or creative. Our second example explains that even a innocent child will feel remorse about a thing if he's caught doing it (though, if he's "caught," doesn't that imply wrongdoing?). The sad, ingenuous path of John Locke has been trumped by the machinations of Betty Draper. If you refuse to take part in a game of corruption that everyone around you is playing, you're taken for an ingenuous fool. Both the first and third examples wanted ingenious, meaning something original, creative, inventive. As in: Caffeinated Marshmallows?! Ingenious! YouTube marketing might be just thing clever thing to sell your product. And though you might have an innocent way of using those Asarco properties, it's not something worth bragging about. A creative use is another story. So are caffeinated marshmallows. Just don't give them to ingenuous kids.

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