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单词 credulous
释义
credulouscred‧u‧lous /ˈkredjələs $ -dʒə-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcredulous
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin credulus, from credere; CREDENCE
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Quinn charmed hundreds of credulous investors out of millions of dollars.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But take care thou art not too credulous neither.
  • I do not wish to suggest that New Historians are involved in some huge subversive critical enterprise duping credulous students.
  • If he hadn't adored her he would have treated her as a credulous imbecile.
  • In such a situation, I suggest, faith becomes blind, belief becomes credulous and trust becomes misplaced.
  • It could be argued that the very incomprehensibility of the modern world has made us even more credulous.
  • It is easy to sneer at the credulous pilgrims.
  • This poet regarded the joys of gods with bemused, unshockable, and endlessly credulous respect.
always believing what you are told, and therefore easily deceived SYN  gullible:  Quinn charmed credulous investors out of millions of dollars.
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