be disingenuous
作表语时表示某人的言行不坦诚。
His answer was disingenuous.
他的回答不真诚。
不坦率；不真诚
假装天真；装傻；不光彩的；有失体面的；不老实的；不诚实的；狡猾的
Not frank or open; insincere.
Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.
It was disingenuous of him to say he had no idea about the meeting when he had received the email.
他明明收到了邮件，却说对会议一无所知，真是虚伪。
用法提示：形容词作表语，后接of结构，说明某人的行为不真诚。
She gave a disingenuous apology, with no real intention of changing her behavior.
她道了歉，但并不真诚，根本没有真正改变行为的打算。
用法提示：形容词作定语，修饰apology，表示道歉不真诚。
The company's claim that it cares about the environment seems disingenuous given its record of pollution.
鉴于该公司有污染记录，它声称关心环境似乎很虚伪。
用法提示：形容词作表语，与seems连用，表示声称不真诚。
作表语时表示某人的言行不坦诚。
His answer was disingenuous.
他的回答不真诚。
后接话题，指在某个问题上不够坦诚。
She was disingenuous about her involvement in the project.
她对自己参与项目一事不坦诚。
常用于指出某人的说法或态度虚伪。
It would be disingenuous to claim that the policy is fair.
声称这项政策是公平的，就是不真诚。
最常用来替换 disingenuous，直接指态度或言语不真诚；但不一定有心机或假装天真。
强调有意识地欺骗别人，语气比 disingenuous 重，恶意也更明显。
涵盖面比 disingenuous 广，可指任何不诚实行为，不像 disingenuous 专门指说话时故作坦率或假装不知。
侧重于说的话不属实、爱编造；disingenuous 常是回避真相或半真半假，不一定直接说谎。
含有偷偷摸摸、耍小聪明的贬义，disingenuous 则更常指在人前装出一副单纯或不知道的样子。
grammar · medium
易错句子His disingenuous was obvious.
正确表达His disingenuousness was obvious.
disingenuous 是形容词，不能作名词；表示“不真诚”的名词形式是 disingenuousness（或 insincerity）。
grammar · medium
易错句子She was disingenuous to me about her plans.
正确表达She was disingenuous with me about her plans.
表示“对某人不真诚”时，介词用 with，不用 to；这是受中文“对我”影响而误用 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子This diamond is disingenuous.
正确表达This diamond is fake.
disingenuous 指人言行不坦率、假装无知，不能形容物品“假的”；物品“假的”应用 fake 或 not genuine。
对应“不真诚”的义项，强调真心实意、不虚伪。
对应“不诚实”的义项，强调不欺骗、不隐瞒。
对应“不坦率”的义项，强调直言不讳，与掩饰相反。
对应“不光彩的、有失体面的”义项，强调正直可敬。
ingenuous 意为‘天真的、坦率的’，disingenuous 意为‘不坦诚的、虚伪的’，两者是反义而非同义；disingenuous 含故意欺骗，ingenuous 是真诚无城府。
ingenious 指聪明、巧妙，disingenuous 指不真诚、虚伪；两者拼写相近但含义完全不同，disingenuous 与‘聪明’无关。
genuine 可指物品是真品、非伪造，也可指感情真诚；disingenuous 只能形容人的言行不真诚、虚伪，不能指物品。别把 disingenuous 当作 not genuine（非真品）来用。
不诚实的说法
The ad's disingenuous claim misled many customers.
这则广告不诚实的说法误导了许多顾客。
不坦诚的回答
She gave a disingenuous answer when asked about her whereabouts.
当被问到她的行踪时，她给出了一个不坦诚的回答。
故作天真的微笑
He flashed a disingenuous smile to hide his real intentions.
他露出一个故作天真的微笑来掩饰真实意图。
虚伪的论据
His disingenuous argument ignored the most important evidence.
他虚伪的论据忽略了最重要的证据。
不真诚的语气
The politician's disingenuous tone made listeners suspicious.
那位政客不真诚的语气令听众起疑。
enuous
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nuous
genu
前缀，表示“不”或“相反”。同前缀词：dishonest, disagree, disappear
词根，源自拉丁语 ingenuus（天生的、坦率的）。同根词：ingenuous, genuine
后缀，表示“具有…性质的”。同后缀词：courageous, dangerous, famous
常与disingenuous搭配，指带有误导或虚假意图的提问。
指不坦诚的主张，常被批评为不真挚。
指说话时不真诚或故作天真的语气。
指回避要点或不诚实的论证。
常被形容为不坦诚的人，与disingenuous经常共现。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.