1580s, "unskillful," from art (n.) + -less. Later also "uncultured" (1590s); then "unartificial, natural" (1670s) and "guileless, ingenuous" (1714). Related: Artlessly; artlessness.
雙語例句
1. She was curiously artless.
她單純得令人難以置信。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the artless sincerity of a young child
幼童的天真爛漫
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. He smiled as artless as a child of 5.
他笑得像個5歲的孩子那樣天真爛漫.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. 'I thought you knowed everything, father,'said the artless boy.
“ 我以為你什么都知道呢, 爸爸, ” 天真的孩子說.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記
5. The artless woman had made a confidant of the boy.