gullible

英 [ˈɡʌl.ə.bəl]      美 [ˈɡʌl.ə.bəl]
  • adj. 易受骗的;轻信的
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1. 海鸥没什么天敌.
gullible 易上当的

来自词根gull, 吞食,词源同glut, gullet. 引申义易上当的。

gullible
gullible: [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived dialectally into the late 19th century, and was itself perhaps a noun use of the obsolete adjective gull ‘yellow’ (borrowed from Old Norse gulr and still extant in Swedish and Danish gul ‘yellow’). Some etymologists, however, derive the noun gull ‘simpleton’ from an obsolete verb gull ‘swallow’ [16], which goes back ultimately to Old French gole, goule ‘throat’ (source of English gullet).
gullible (adj.)
1821, apparently a back-formation from gullibility. Spelling gullable is attested from 1818.
1. The swindlers had roped into a number of gullible persons.
骗子们已使一些轻信的人上了当.
2. He's so gullible he'll believe anything.
他太容易上当,什么事都相信.
3. What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to the gullible public were false?
承认向轻信媒体的公众提供了不实报道有何意义呢?
4. I'm so gullible I would have believed him.
我很容易上当,可能会相信他的话。
5. The winders had roped in a number of gullible persons.
骗徒们已使一些轻信的人上了当.

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