中文词源
simpleton 易上当受骗的人
simple,简单的，单纯的，-ton,人，衍生自人名，如 Tony,Anthony.引申词义易上当受骗的人。
英语词源
- simpleton (n.)
- 1640s, probably a jocular formation from simple and -ton, suffix extracted from surnames. Compare skimmington, personification of an ill-used spouse, c. 1600.
权威例句
- 1. "But Ian's such a simpleton", she laughed.
- “可是伊恩太傻了，”她笑着说道。
- 2. The veriest simpleton knows that.
- 最笨的呆子也知道这点.
- 3. He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
- 他是个无名之辈，头脑简单的政客。
- 4. You big simpleton, how can anyone deceive the eye.
- 你这个大傻瓜, 谁能够骗眼睛呢?
- 5. He tells of a Cuban fisherman who is a simpleton.
- 他讲的是个愚蠢的古巴渔民.