1. 1輕信;容易受騙

    Gullibility is the quality of believing people too quickly, so you are easy to trick. It is the noun for that softness of belief — not a disease, just a habit of taking a story as true before you check.

    Gullibility Gullibility is是 the quality of believing people too quickly太快就相信別人的那種特質, so所以 you are easy to trick你很容易被騙。It is它是 the noun for that softness of belief那種輕信的名詞形式 — not不是 a disease一種病, just只是 a habit of taking a story as true before you check還沒查證就先把一個說法當真的習慣。

    Writers and teachers use it; in ordinary talk people more often say someone is gullible than talk about their gullibility, which sounds a little formal and a little sharp.

    Writers and teachers作家和老師 use it會用這個字; in ordinary talk一般聊天時, people more often say更常說 someone is gullible某人是gullible than比較少講 talk about their gullibility他們的gullibility, which這個字 sounds聽起來 a little formal有點正式 and a little sharp也有點尖銳。

    Though actually the line with kindness is thin: a warm, open person can also be easy to fool. The word points at the danger, not at having a good heart.

    Though actually不過其實 the line with kindness跟善良之間的界線 is thin很薄: a warm, open person一個溫暖、開放的人 can also也可能 be easy to fool很容易被騙。The word這個字 points at指的是 the danger那個危險, not不是 at having a good heart有一顆好心。

    It is about scams, tall stories, and “too good to be true” promises — believing without a second look.

    It is它講的是 about scams詐騙, tall stories誇大的故事, and和 "too good to be true" promises那種「好到不像真的」的承諾 — believing without a second look沒有多想一下就相信了。

core核心畫面

組成From gullible + -ity (the ending that turns an adjective into “the quality of being…”).

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  • gulliblethe adjective this noun is built from

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。

gullibilitynoun/ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/

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    The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.

    • What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.

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