ingenuity
🇺🇸 /ˌɪndʒəˈnuːəˌtiː/
📖 释义
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noun
独创性; 巧妙发明; 坦率
🔗 详情
词形变化
不可数
常用搭配
sheer ingenuitytechnical ingenuityhuman ingenuitywith great ingenuityshow ingenuitya feat of ingenuity
派生词
ingeniousingeniouslyingeniousness
同义词
inventivenesscreativityclevernessresourcefulnessoriginalityimagination
反义词
stupiditydullnessobtuseness
易混淆词
ingenuousness
EN: 'Ingenuity' means cleverness and inventiveness; 'ingenuousness' means innocence and naivety — they come from different Latin roots despite looking similar.
zh: 'Ingenuity' 意为聪明和创造力；'ingenuousness' 意为天真和幼稚——尽管它们看起来相似，但源自不同的拉丁词根。
ingenuous
EN: 'Ingenious' (related to ingenuity) means clever; 'ingenuous' means innocent or unsuspecting.
zh: 'Ingenious'（与 ingenuity 相关）意为聪明的；'ingenuous' 意为天真的或毫无戒心的。
拼写提示
EN: Do not confuse 'ingenuity' (cleverness, from 'ingenious') with 'ingenuousness' (naivety, from 'ingenuous'). The similar spelling leads to frequent mix-ups in meaning.
zh: 不要将 'ingenuity'（聪明，源自 'ingenious'）与 'ingenuousness'（天真，源自 'ingenuous'）混淆。相似的拼写导致意思经常搞混。
💬 例句
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The engineer's ingenuity allowed her to fix the machine with nothing but a paperclip and some tape.
这位工程师的独创性使她仅用回形针和胶带就修好了机器。
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The trap was an ingenuity of springs and levers that caught the mouse without harming it.
这个陷阱是弹簧和杠杆的巧妙组合，在不伤害老鼠的情况下抓住了它。
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He spoke with such ingenuity that no one doubted his sincerity.
他说话如此真诚，无人怀疑他的诚意。