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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ig·no·rant DATE 14th century 1. a. destitute of knowledge or education an ignorant society also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified parents ignorant of modern mathematics b. resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence ignorant errors 2. unaware , uninformed• ig·no·rant·ly adverb • ig·no·rant·ness noun Synonyms. ignorant , illiterate , unlettered , untutored , unlearned mean not having knowledge. ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing an ignorant fool ignorant of nuclear physics illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write much of the population is still illiterate unlettered implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading an allusion meaningless to the unlettered untutored may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization strange monuments built by an untutored people unlearned suggests ignorance of advanced subjects poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses English Etymology ignorant late 14c., from O.Fr . ignorant, from L. ignorantia, from ignorantem, prp. of ignorare from in- "not" + Old L. gnarus"aware, acquainted with," from Porot-L. suffixed form *gno-ro-, related to gnoscere "to know" (see know). Form influenced by ignotus "unknown." Cf. also uncouth. Colloquial sense of "ill-mannered" first attested 1886.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ignorant ig·nor·ant / 5i^nErEnt / adjective1. ~ (of / about sth) lacking knowledge or information about sth; not educated (对某事物)不了解的；无知的；愚昧的；无学识的: an ignorant person / question 无知的人/提问 He's ignorant about modern technology. 他对现代科技一无所知。 At that time I was ignorant of events going on elsewhere. 那时我并不了解其他地方发生的事情。 Never make your students feel ignorant. 千万别让你的学生感到无知。 2. (informal) with very bad manners 很无礼的；十分不懂规矩的 SYN uncouth :
a rude, ignorant person 粗鲁无礼的人 • ig·nor·ant·ly adv. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English ignorant adj. VERBS appear, be, feel, seem | remain The general public remained totally ignorant of the danger. | keep sb We were kept ignorant of the facts. ADV. completely, entirely, pig (informal), quite, totally, utterly, very, wholly Don't ask Paul. He's pig ignorant. | largely | rather | blissfully We went to bed that night blissfully ignorant of the storm to come. | grossly, lamentably, woefully PREP. about He was completely ignorant about the country's political system. | of We are still woefully ignorant of the causes of this disease. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective 1 lacking knowledge or education FF1C;an ignorant boy with no taste for schoolFF1E; Synonyms: benighted, empty-headed, illiterate, know-nothing, rude, uneducated, uninstructed, unlettered, unschooled, untaught, untutored Related Words: lowbrow, uncultured, unintellectual; callow, green, inexperienced; crude, gross, raw, uncouth; ingenuous, naive, simple, unsophisticated Contrasted Words: educated, erudite, learned, literate 2 lacking information on or awareness of something FF1C;was ignorant of the circumstances surrounding the affairFF1E; Synonyms: incognizant, inconversant, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unwitting Idioms: in the dark Contrasted Words: aware, conscious, conversant, informed, knowing, knowledgeable 3 Synonyms: BACKWARD 5, benighted, unenlightened, unprogressiveWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ig·no·rant \-nt\ adjective Etymology: Middle English ignoraunt, from Middle French ignorant, from Latin ignorant-, ignorans, present participle of ignorare to be ignorant of, ignore — more at ignore 1. a. : destitute of knowledge : uninstructed , unlearned < an ignorant society > b. : resulting from or exhibiting lack of perception, knowledge, or intelligence < ignorant errors > < ignorant public spokesmen > 2. a. : unaware , uninformed < frauds palmed off on an ignorant public > — often used with of or in < ignorant of the true significance of the news > b. : innocent , guileless < ignorant hope > 3. a. : uncivilized , backward , unenlightened < ignorant absolutism > b. : primitive , crude < ignorant devices > Synonyms: illiterate , unlettered , uneducated , untaught , untutored , unlearned , nescient : ignorant indicates a lack of knowledge, either in general or of a particular point < a population of uncivilized peasants, ignorant, illiterate, superstitious, cruel, and land hungry — G.B.Shaw > < the disputants on both sides were ignorant of the matter they were disputing about — Havelock Ellis > illiterate is now most commonly used in reference to inability to read and write or to gross unfamiliarity with the written language and the world of learning < illiterate in the sense that they could not read or write, or … functionally illiterate in the sense that they were unable to understand what they read — I.L.Kandel > < as near illiterate as one can be who can read and write, her grammar and spelling being equally uncertain — H.S.Canby > unlettered stresses the fact of unfamiliarity with reading and writing or with written learning, often without any implication of condemnation < even written in English, a paper like this would answer every purpose; for the unlettered natives, standing in great awe of the document, would not dare to molest us — Herman Melville > < unlettered provincials who knew their nets, or trades, or farms, but could hardly be expected to follow the Emperor's physician in his theories of Greek science — J.R.Perkins > uneducated and untaught simply indicate lack of formal schooling; the latter is sometimes used to describe natural spontaneity < untaught graces > untutored is sometimes used to refer to the unschooled condition of primitives < the poor Indian, whose untutored mind — Alexander Pope > < taught so many flat lies that their false knowledge is more dangerous than the untutored natural wit of savages — G.B.Shaw > unlearned may suggest lack of much learning or ignorance of advanced subjects < such generosity becomes, in effect, a cruel sentimentality, when it crowds the profession with thousands of unwanted persons, most of them relatively unskilled and unlearned — Robert Evett > nescient may apply to a deep, determined, or invincible ignorance of what is outside one's immediate ken < most men are not intended to be any wiser than their cocks and bulls — duly scientific of their yard and pasture, peacefully nescient of all beyond — John Ruskin > |
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