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know-nothing

/noh-nuhth-ing/US // ˈnoʊˌnʌθ ɪŋ //

无知者无畏,无知的人,无知,无所不知

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
    • : an agnostic.
    • : U.S. History. a member of a political party prominent from 1853 to 1856, whose aim was to keep control of the government in the hands of native-born citizens: so called because members originally professed ignorance of the party's activities.
    • : a person whose anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, and other political attitudes recall the Know-Nothings.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : grossly ignorant; totally uninformed.
    • : agnostic.
    • : of or relating to the Know-Nothings.
    • : of or relating to a political know-nothing.

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Examples

  • In the meantime, he should just accept that the holdup has nothing to do with his politics.

  • I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy…and it's a legacy that is so important to the culture.

  • They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.

  • What they say is, ‘We don’t approve of violence, but you know what?

  • No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.

  • She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.

  • The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.

  • He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.

  • We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.

  • It seems very strange that I shall actually know Liszt at last, after hearing of him so many years.