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Someone who is ill-informed does not know enough about a particular subject — not because they are foolish, but because they have not got the facts, or they have got the wrong ones. You can be a good student and still be ill-informed about how a medicine works, or about another country’s history.
Someone who is ill-informedill-informed的人 does not know enough about a particular subject對某個主題了解得不夠 — not because they are foolish不是因為他們笨, but because they have not got the facts, or they have got the wrong ones而是因為他們沒有拿到正確資訊,或拿到的是錯的. You can be a good student你可以是個好學生 and still be ill-informed about how a medicine works卻還是對藥怎麼起作用不夠了解, or about another country's history或是對另一個國家的歷史不夠了解
People use it in news, meetings, and arguments more than in kitchen talk.
People use it in news, meetings, and arguments這個詞常出現在新聞、會議和爭論裡 more than in kitchen talk比日常閒聊更常用
Calling a comment ill-informed is a polite but sharp way of saying “you are speaking without knowing.” Though actually, it usually points at one topic, not at a person as a whole: you are ill-informed about X. It is not a word for “always ignorant.”
Calling a comment ill-informed說一個評論ill-informed is a polite but sharp way of saying "you are speaking without knowing."是一種客氣但尖銳的說法,等於在說「你根本不了解就在講」 Though actually, it usually points at one topic不過實際上,它通常是針對某一個主題, not at a person as a whole不是針對整個人: you are ill-informed about X你是對X這件事不夠了解. It is not a word for "always ignorant."這不是用來說「一直都無知」的詞
組成ill (badly) + informed (having the facts). So: badly supplied with knowledge.
同家族的字
- well-informedthe opposite: knowing a good amount about the subject
- misinformedyou were given the wrong facts, not just too few
原始詞典資料1 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。
ill-informedadj
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Poorly informed; ignorant.
- the ill-informed decision to close the hospital
- The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. [...] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place.
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。