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单词 callow
释义
callow
adjective
literarydisapproving
uk
/ˈkæl.əʊ/us
/ˈkæl.oʊ/
Someone,especiallyayoungperson, who is callowbehavesin a way thatshowsthey have littleexperience,confidence, orjudgment:
（尤指年轻人）幼稚的；不自信的；不谙世事的
Markwas just a callowyouthof 16 when hearrivedinParis.马克到巴黎的时候还是个不谙世事的16岁少年。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Naive & trusting
  • be easy game/meatidiom
  • be easy preyidiom
  • be wet behind the earsidiom
  • butter
  • butter wouldn't melt insomeone'smouthidiom
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  • idealistic
  • impressionable
  • ingenuous
  • ingenuously
  • naivety
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  • see things in black and whiteidiom
  • simple
  • sucker
  • unsophisticated
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  • wet
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(Definition ofcallowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcallow

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The absence of recently built work has provoked suchcallowcomments as 'he didn't really want to build' or 'he didn't really like buildings'.
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Thecallowand shallow youth might well judge the portly middle-aged man he will become to be better off dead, but think differently when he himself is living this reality!
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They employcallowyouths, they cause the little ones to stumble.
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To what extent is a man of 68 the same person as thecallowyouth of 18 that he once was?
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I do not know whether it iscallowcarping or an opportunistic attempt to take advantage of every grievance that exists.
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Acallowand rather childish reference to somebody's speech is not a point of order.
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We do not say that people should come here ascallowapprentice politicians and nothing else.
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I believe that it was a rathercallowremark that was made, and that it would have been better unsaid.
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That analogy is not only false, but it is alsocallow.
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What this country needs is the fresh air of frankness and honesty to blow away the dank mists ofcallowdeceit.
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One factor that has led to the break-down in confidence is the over-use of somewhatcallow, inexperienced officers who are drafted into an area without any real knowledge of it.
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At this point the spider is acallow; it is teneral and vulnerable.
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Myself at 17 was thiscallow,callowperson.
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The bees are referred to ascallowduring this time, and they do not leave the colony for at least 24 hours.
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After moulting, an arthropod is described as "teneral", a "callow"; it is fresh, pale and soft-bodied.
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