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单词 trusting
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Definition of trusting in English:

trusting

adjective ˈtrʌstɪŋˈtrəstɪŋ
  • Showing or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity; not suspicious.

    it is foolish to be too trusting of other people
    a shy and trusting child
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His trusting management style, and his genial manner, were no longer admired.
    • Because of that, she isn't very trusting of people, and she refuses to get too close to anyone anymore.
    • Your identity gets used for someone to send personal e-mail to scores of trusting, unsuspecting souls.
    • Words and thoughts spill out with a trusting honesty.
    • She wasn't the trusting sort, and the open honesty made her a little nervous.
    • Progress can't be stopped, but the community has changed with people less trusting of their neighbours.
    • Even if they hadn't secured their possessions, no one local would steal from them; they lived in a trusting community that had no interest in their technology.
    • He could not bear the thought of her in another man's arms; those sweet lips, that tender smile, that trusting, almost innocent gaze.
    • Needless to say, I am now careful to be a little more trusting of my memory and little less trusting of machines.
    • I think what's happened has made me less trusting of men.
    • Grace glanced towards the door then lifted her pale eyes, so full of their trusting innocence, to meet his before taking a step closer.
    • They are losing faith in democracy, are increasingly disillusioned with the opposition, but at the same time, appear to be more trusting of the government.
    • He looked like a child, and a very trusting and innocent one, at that.
    • He had standards, but he was the most trusting of comedians.
    • They kindly allowed me to pay at a later date though, which was very trusting of them.
    • Some are more suspicious and some more trusting.
    • It means to them, on some level, that this person is ‘family’ and they are more trusting of them.
    • I will be more observant of how women act around me and be more trusting of my senses.
    • Bold's door was open during lunch, as she is very trusting of her students.
    • Most polls show that the public is more trusting of military officers than lawyers or congressmen.
    Synonyms
    trustful, unsuspicious, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unguarded, unwary
    naive, innocent, childlike, ingenuous, wide-eyed, credulous, gullible, easily taken in, easily deceived

Derivatives

  • trustingly

  • adverbˈtrʌstɪŋliˈtrəstɪŋli
    • She smiled up at him, arms extended trustingly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We tend to assume, trustingly, that chilled products are more like home-made food; they're somehow less tampered with, less additive-laden because they have a shorter use-by date and feel cool to the touch.
      • Tea and coffee making facilities were also available in the house, which he trustingly left open.
      • The recipe, which he trustingly didn't patent, has been widely imitated.
      • ‘Don't worry, darling, it won't hurt a bit,’ trilled Elza mischievously, I looked at her, not entirely trustingly.
  • trustingness

  • noun
    • Little boys could still see the purity of Jesus’ smile and responded with enthusiasm and compassion as only the openness and trustingness of a child can.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think it is significant that you use the apt example of the trustingness of a baby when you speak of the virtues of trust.
      • It relates to a characteristic I possessed, which might be called trustingness - if there is such a word.
      • He gazed into the man's compassionate eyes in helpless, naked trustingness, and then he wriggled closer to rest his head in the man's lap, and with that, he fell asleep.
      • Both have something in common: a quality of joy and trustingness that comes from having a warm family with emotional and social advantages.

Rhymes

disgusting, self-adjusting
 
 

Definition of trusting in US English:

trusting

adjectiveˈtrəstiNGˈtrəstɪŋ
  • Showing or tending to have a belief in a person's honesty or sincerity; not suspicious.

    it is foolish to be too trusting of other people
    a shy and trusting child
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Words and thoughts spill out with a trusting honesty.
    • He looked like a child, and a very trusting and innocent one, at that.
    • They kindly allowed me to pay at a later date though, which was very trusting of them.
    • I think what's happened has made me less trusting of men.
    • He could not bear the thought of her in another man's arms; those sweet lips, that tender smile, that trusting, almost innocent gaze.
    • He had standards, but he was the most trusting of comedians.
    • They are losing faith in democracy, are increasingly disillusioned with the opposition, but at the same time, appear to be more trusting of the government.
    • Most polls show that the public is more trusting of military officers than lawyers or congressmen.
    • His trusting management style, and his genial manner, were no longer admired.
    • Bold's door was open during lunch, as she is very trusting of her students.
    • Your identity gets used for someone to send personal e-mail to scores of trusting, unsuspecting souls.
    • She wasn't the trusting sort, and the open honesty made her a little nervous.
    • Because of that, she isn't very trusting of people, and she refuses to get too close to anyone anymore.
    • Even if they hadn't secured their possessions, no one local would steal from them; they lived in a trusting community that had no interest in their technology.
    • Some are more suspicious and some more trusting.
    • I will be more observant of how women act around me and be more trusting of my senses.
    • Needless to say, I am now careful to be a little more trusting of my memory and little less trusting of machines.
    • Progress can't be stopped, but the community has changed with people less trusting of their neighbours.
    • Grace glanced towards the door then lifted her pale eyes, so full of their trusting innocence, to meet his before taking a step closer.
    • It means to them, on some level, that this person is ‘family’ and they are more trusting of them.
    Synonyms
    trustful, unsuspicious, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unguarded, unwary
 
 
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