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A credulous person believes what they are told, so they are easy to trick. Salespeople, scammers, and rumour-spreaders look for credulous ears. The word is not a swear, but it is not kind either; it is a cool, somewhat formal judgement: too trusting, not enough doubt. Though actually, we are all credulous about some things we badly want to be true. Do not confuse it with credible (a credible witness is one you can believe) or with incredulous (an incredulous look means you do not believe it). Credulous is the one who believes too easily.
輕信的、容易受騙的
組成Borrowed in the 1500s from Latin crēdulus (that easily believes), from crēdō (to believe).
同家族的字
- credulitythe noun form
- incredulousthe opposite: not believing, full of doubt
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
credulousadj/ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/
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Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
- […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
- The doctor was a small, black, plump man with fuzzy hair and round, credulous eyes.
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Believed too readily.
- 'Twas he possess'd me with your credulous death
- In the beginning of the ſixteenth century, John Major and Hector Boethius publiſhed their hiſtories of Scotland, the former a ſuccinct and dry vvriter, the latter a copious and florid one, and both equally credulous.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。