disingenuous
US /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/
UK /ˌdɪs.ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs/
形容詞
不真誠的, 不坦率的
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does
範例:
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It was disingenuous of him to claim he didn't know about the meeting.
他聲稱不知道會議的事，這很不真誠。
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Her innocent questions were actually a disingenuous attempt to gather information.
她天真的問題實際上是不真誠地試圖收集信息。