Credulity

(noun.) tendency to believe readily.

阿斯特编辑

• But there was less equivocal testimony, which the credulity of the assembly, or of the greater part, greedily swallowed, however incredible. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Bertha has been behaving more than ever like a madwoman, and George's powers of credulity are very nearly exhausted. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No lurking horrors were to upbraid him for his easy credulity. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Few things, however, so tax the credulity of the uninformed as a description of the functions and possibilities of the spectroscope. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• They greedily imbibed this belief; and their over-weening credulity even rendered them eager to make converts to the same faith. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The information may be of use to you, if only to prevent your credulity, in judging another man's truthfulness by your own, from being imposed upon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We are made, so to speak, for belief; credulity is natural. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This author puts my credulity on its mettle every now and then. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• What was this, but the action of diseased imaginations and childish credulity? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Customers will be drawn to each conventicle by new industry and address, in practising on the passions and credulity of the populace. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Those who support a hypothesis should bring it to the test of rigid verification, avoiding skepticism, shunning credulity. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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