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单词 ignorance
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Definition of ignorance in English:

ignorance

noun ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)nsˈɪɡnərəns
mass noun
  • Lack of knowledge or information.

    he acted in ignorance of basic procedures
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, all sentient beings have that potential of being free from ignorance and confusion.
    • Who are these people and why are they displaying their ignorance of such vital financial issues?
    • Those people who would take us back to an age of ignorance and intolerance should be exposed and shunned.
    • If it was purely ignorance, you'd expect the mistakes to display a normal distribution.
    • His enrolment was obviously greatly helped by his total ignorance of religion.
    • The biggest qualm I have with fair trade is its basic ignorance of comparative advantage.
    • Our fear is based on ignorance, they loftily believe, and can be safely dismissed.
    • When the author seems complacent about imprisonment, it is not out of ignorance.
    • The ability of Marxists to forget their history and yet rise above their ignorance is profound.
    • The legacy of Lindh is the confusion and ignorance that afflicts today's referendum.
    • Our work can only succeed if we keep the humans in a constant state of fear and ignorance.
    • We cannot be blinded by the smoke of ignorance, we must rise up and learn to see what is staring us straight in the face.
    • Of course, such attitudes are the epitome of ignorance, and reveal a total lack of wisdom.
    • Whether intentional or through ignorance, the blog in question is peddling lies.
    • There are vast tracts of ignorance in my knowledge and really there are lots of other people who know more than me.
    • I hope that this is a matter of ignorance and not a well-thought-out, stable policy.
    • So that part of her closing statements reveals her abiding stupidity and ignorance.
    • But the emperor is also a prisoner of his own ignorance and fear of the world beyond his home.
    • Let the chattering classes recognize their stupidity and ignorance and ponder on them.
    • There is such a great deal of ignorance of mental phenomena and physical phenomena.
    Synonyms
    incomprehension, unawareness, unconsciousness, inexperience, innocence
    unfamiliarity with, lack of enlightenment about, lack of knowledge about, lack of information about
    informal cluelessness
    literary nescience
    lack of knowledge, lack of education
    unenlightenment, benightedness
    lack of intelligence, unintelligence, stupidity, foolishness, idiocy, denseness, brainlessness, mindlessness, slow-wittedness
    informal thickness, dimness, dumbness, dopiness, doziness

Phrases

  • ignorance is bliss

    • proverb If one is unaware of an unpleasant fact or situation one cannot be troubled by it.

      I don't want to hear about them: ignorance is bliss in this case
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Because while ignorance is bliss, being an amateur reporter is hard on the reporter and tiring for the subject.
      • Unless you believe ignorance is bliss, the discovery of the truth of any situation is a good thing.
      • Where ignorance is bliss, it sure is folly to be wise.
      • Where pop music is concerned, ignorance is bliss.
      • Ignorance is bliss and Reece slept well and happy that night.
      • Ignorance is bliss to the general public when it comes to such sensitive and important institutions as the economy.
      • If ignorance is bliss, this guy must be ecstatic.
      • Hundreds of people get wiped out every day but we do not think about it or really take notice until it is closer to home; sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorantia, from ignorant- 'not knowing' (see ignorant).

  • Ignorance is from Latin ignorare ‘not to know’, the source of ignore (Late Middle English), and ignoramus (late 16th century). The poet Thomas Gray first expressed the thought that ignorance is bliss in 1742: ‘Thought would destroy their paradise. / No more; where ignorance is bliss, / 'Tis folly to be wise.’ In 1615 King James I attended a production of a farcical play by George Ruggle, a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. Its title was Ignoramus, the name of a character in the play, and it satirized lawyers and their ignorance. The use of ignoramus for ‘an ignorant person’ appeared almost immediately afterwards. In Latin ignoramus means ‘we do not know’, which in legal Latin became ‘we take no notice (of it)’. The original use of ignoramus in English was as the judgement that grand juries formerly made on indictments brought before them that they considered to be backed by too little evidence: they would ‘find an ignoramus’.

 
 

Definition of ignorance in US English:

ignorance

nounˈɪɡnərənsˈiɡnərəns
  • Lack of knowledge or information.

    he acted in ignorance of basic procedures
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ability of Marxists to forget their history and yet rise above their ignorance is profound.
    • If it was purely ignorance, you'd expect the mistakes to display a normal distribution.
    • I hope that this is a matter of ignorance and not a well-thought-out, stable policy.
    • But the emperor is also a prisoner of his own ignorance and fear of the world beyond his home.
    • Of course, such attitudes are the epitome of ignorance, and reveal a total lack of wisdom.
    • So that part of her closing statements reveals her abiding stupidity and ignorance.
    • In fact, all sentient beings have that potential of being free from ignorance and confusion.
    • Who are these people and why are they displaying their ignorance of such vital financial issues?
    • Let the chattering classes recognize their stupidity and ignorance and ponder on them.
    • We cannot be blinded by the smoke of ignorance, we must rise up and learn to see what is staring us straight in the face.
    • Whether intentional or through ignorance, the blog in question is peddling lies.
    • There is such a great deal of ignorance of mental phenomena and physical phenomena.
    • Those people who would take us back to an age of ignorance and intolerance should be exposed and shunned.
    • There are vast tracts of ignorance in my knowledge and really there are lots of other people who know more than me.
    • The biggest qualm I have with fair trade is its basic ignorance of comparative advantage.
    • Our work can only succeed if we keep the humans in a constant state of fear and ignorance.
    • The legacy of Lindh is the confusion and ignorance that afflicts today's referendum.
    • When the author seems complacent about imprisonment, it is not out of ignorance.
    • His enrolment was obviously greatly helped by his total ignorance of religion.
    • Our fear is based on ignorance, they loftily believe, and can be safely dismissed.
    Synonyms
    incomprehension, unawareness, unconsciousness, inexperience, innocence
    lack of knowledge, lack of education

Phrases

  • ignorance is bliss

    • proverb If you do not know about something, you do not worry about it.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The secret to working with dangerous animals is to remember that ignorance is bliss.
      • Unless you believe ignorance is bliss, the discovery of the truth of any situation is a good thing.
      • They say ignorance is bliss, and that proved to be the case because I wasn't overawed in that first game.
      • Ignorance is bliss and we have absolutely no clue whether we are in a tourist rip-off joint or an authentic charming authentic tea house.
      • No wonder they claim that ignorance is bliss.
      • Ignorance is bliss on the executive rung of the corporate ladder.
      • She had already learned that ignorance is bliss.
      • Ignorance is bliss to the general public when it comes to such sensitive and important institutions as the economy.
      • Most of us believe that ignorance is bliss.
      • There truly are times when ignorance is bliss, Miss.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorantia, from ignorant- ‘not knowing’ (see ignorant).

 
 
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