Word
trustingness
noun
信任;信赖
the state of being trusting
- 1.
The state of being trusting.
信任的状态;信任
信任的状态;信任;trusting的变形
In use
People often mistake his trustingness for naivety.
There is a certain trustingness in the way she talks to strangers.
Her trustingness led her to lend money to a man she had just met.
someone's trustingness
常用所有格修饰
Her trustingness was admirable.
她的信任他人令人钦佩。
trustingness in something
后接介词in表示信任的对象
His trustingness in strangers was risky.
他对陌生人的轻信是有风险的。
trustingness that clause
that引导同位语从句
The trustingness that people would help him was naive.
他相信人们会帮助他的那种轻信是幼稚的。
Common mistakes
He is trustingness.He is trusting.
trustingness 是名词,不能用作形容词;应使用形容词 trusting 表示“轻信的”。
He has many trustingnesses.He has much trustingness.
trustingness 是不可数名词,不能用复数形式;应使用 much 修饰。
Connections
Confusing words
- trustfulness
- 信任;信赖 · trustfulness和trustingness都表示信任他人的倾向,但trustfulness更常用,且trustingness强调一种固有的特质。
- trustworthiness
- 可信赖;可靠 · trustingness指信任他人,而trustworthiness指值得他人信任,两者方向相反。
- trust
- 信任;信赖 · trust是更通用的名词,而trustingness特指一种性格特质,用法更正式。
Word family
- trust
- 信任;信赖 · n.
- trusting
- 信任的;表示信任的 · adj.
- trustworthy
- 值得信赖的;可靠的 · adj.
Learner notes
Grammar Note
不可数名词,表示特质
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.