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not having or showing much knowledge or information about things; not educated （对某事物）不了解的；无知的；愚昧的；无学识的 Extra ExamplesAt that time I was young and ignorant, with little experience of the world. 那时我年少无知，不谙世事。 Don't ask Paul. He's pig ignorant. 不用问保罗，他什么都不知道。 I decided to continue acting ignorant, just to make fun of her. 我决定继续假装不知情，只是为了逗她玩玩。
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not having any knowledge or information about a particular thing （对某事物）不了解的；无知的；愚昧的；无学识的 - ignorant of something
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。 - ignorant about something
He's ignorant about modern technology. 他对现代科技一无所知。
Extra ExamplesHe was completely ignorant about the country's political system. 他对这个国家的政治体制一无所知。 Too many politicians are ignorant about the issues involved. 太多政客对所牵涉到的问题并不了解。 I wanted to stay ignorant of my fate for a few more precious hours. 我想再多享受宝贵的几小时而不去想自己的命运如何。 We were kept ignorant of the facts. 我们受了蒙蔽，不了解事实真相。 The general public remained totally ignorant of the danger. 公众对这一危险仍然全无意识。 We are still woefully ignorant of the causes of this disease. 令人悲哀的是，我们对这种疾病的致病原因仍然一无所知。 We went to bed that night blissfully ignorant of the storm to come. 好在那天我们上床睡觉时对即将来临的暴风雨一无所知。
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with very bad manners 很无礼的；十分不懂规矩的 a rude, ignorant person 粗鲁无礼的人 You're behaving like a stupid ignorant child! 你表现得像个愚蠢无知的孩子！
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’.