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单词 disingenuous
释义
disingenuous
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/us
/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/
(of apersonortheirbehaviour)slightlydishonest, or notspeakingthecompletetruth:
（人或其行为）不够诚实的，不够坦白的
It was disingenuous of her toclaimshe had nofinancialinterestin thecase.她声称自己在这个案子中没有任何经济利益，这有些心口不一。
Opposite
ingenuousformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
deceiving others and not telling the truth
  • dishonestThe press called out the campaign's dishonest tactics.
  • untrustworthyHe made the mistake of basing his news story on an untrustworthy source.
  • deviousIt was a devious plan - but would it work?
  • deceitfulShe's deeply deceitful and not to be trusted.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sly & devious
  • artful
  • artfully
  • artfulness
  • backdoor
  • calculating
  • calculation
  • cunning
  • cunningly
  • devious
  • deviously
  • deviousness
  • ducking
  • filthy
  • guile
  • gymnastics
  • legerdemain
  • Machiavellian
  • Machiavellianism
  • scheming
  • wily
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(Definition ofdisingenuousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

disingenuous| American Dictionary

disingenuous
adjective
us
/ˌdɪs·ɪnˈdʒen·ju·əs/
slightlydishonest; notspeakingthecompletetruth:
a disingenuouscompliment
(Definition ofdisingenuousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdisingenuous

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But this response seemsdisingenuouswhen we reflect how dependent body image is on the prevailing social norms of beauty.
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The exaggerated repetitions of the opening arpeggiated figure signal that the music isdisingenuous, a caricature.
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Various ingenious anddisingenuousmethods were used to effect such bargains.
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Backhouse shows that the post-modernist arguments against methodology aredisingenuousor ill-informed.
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There are circumstances in which it seemsdisingenuous.
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Many of these criticisms aredisingenuous, since the author is not comparing like with like.
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Aspects of this characterization appear slightlydisingenuousat first sight.
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This has a familiar ring, howdisingenuousit now seems.
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This was adisingenuousobservation, given that he had three legitimate daughters, the two older already married.%!
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This is, by the way, ratherdisingenuous, given that very few people hold the view that all benefit from past evil is wrong.
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But there is no reason to dismiss the council's message asdisingenuous.
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It would bedisingenuousto suggest that this issue has not exercised historians.
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It is, therefore,disingenuousto argue that we are simply scholars who should not take part in political activities.
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In this context, they appreciate consistency and authenticity in their communications, and find inconsistencies ordisingenuouscommunications particularly troublesome.
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A denial of the clock, of being professionally on-time or amateurishly late, is adisingenuousruse.
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