guilelessly
guilelessly — 副詞
1. acting or speaking with absolute frankness and sincerity, never trying to mislea
真誠地
以坦率、不欺騙的方式
acting or speaking with absolute frankness and sincerity, never trying to mislead anyone, conceal facts, or gain a selfish advantage
Sofia smiled guilelessly at the interviewer and answered every question with disarming honesty.
Sofia 誠摯地對面試官微笑，用令人卸下心防的坦率回答了每一個問題。
guilelessly + verb of communication (smiled, said, replied)
The child guilelessly told the neighbour exactly what his parents had argued about the night before.
那個小孩毫無心機地告訴鄰居，他父母昨晚吵架的內容。
Guilelessly, Rania offered the last piece of cake to her colleague even though she was still hungry.
Rania 真誠地將最後一塊蛋糕讓給同事，儘管她自己還餓著肚子。
Eli admitted guilelessly that he had never heard of the famous author everyone else was discussing.
Eli 坦率地承認，他從沒聽過大家正在討論的那位知名作家。
Xiu listened guilelessly to the salesman's claims and signed the contract without a moment's hesitation.
Xiu 不加防備地聽信了業務員的說詞，毫不猶豫地在合約上簽了字。
- naively
suggests inexperience or lack of worldliness rather than deliberate honesty
- innocently
focuses on the absence of wrongdoing, not just the absence of deceit
- frankly
stresses directness and truthfulness without necessarily implying a gentle or trusting nature
- openly
emphasises transparency of action rather than purity of motive
- deceitfully
deliberately misleading others
- slyly
acting with secretive cleverness to gain an advantage
文法句型
guilelessly + verb
guilelessly, + clause
用法筆記
Commonly pairs with verbs of speaking or reacting (smile, tell, admit, reply, listen). When placed at the front of a sentence as a disjunct (e.g. 'Guilelessly, she…'), it frames the entire statement as sincere rather than modifying just one verb.
常見錯誤
guilelessly — 形容詞
- guilelesslypositive
- more guilelesslycomparative
- most guilelesslysuperlative
1. having a natural innocence and simple trust in others, without any cunning, susp
純真的
天性單純，不懷心機
having a natural innocence and simple trust in others, without any cunning, suspicion, or hidden motives — often suggesting a person is not skilled at detecting dishonesty in the world around them
Adaeze had a guileless smile that made even strangers feel comfortable opening up to her.
Adaeze 有著純真的笑容，連陌生人都覺得可以放心對她傾訴。
attributive: guileless + noun (smile, expression, manner)
The old fisherman was guileless in his dealings and never asked for more than the fair price.
那位老漁夫為人憨厚，從不索取超出合理價格的錢。
Dewi's guileless questions about the budget made the committee realise how little they had explained to the staff.
Dewi 那些天真無邪的預算問題，讓委員會驚覺他們對員工的說明遠遠不夠。
Devika was too guileless to suspect that her friendly neighbour was secretly reading her mail.
Devika 太過單純，完全沒懷疑那位友善的鄰居在偷看她的信。
In the novel, the guileless young hero trusts everyone he meets and learns about betrayal the hard way.
小說裡那位純真的年輕主角信任遇到的每一個人，吃了苦頭才學會什麼是背叛。
- innocent
broader term; can mean not guilty of a crime as well as naive
- naive
stresses inexperience and lack of worldly knowledge more than honesty
- artless
suggests naturalness without effort or artifice; slightly literary
- trusting
focuses on readiness to believe others rather than absence of deceit in oneself
文法句型
guileless + noun
be + guileless
用法筆記
Often carries a mildly protective or pitying tone — the guileless person is honest but may be vulnerable to exploitation. Distinguish from sense adverb/1: the adjective describes a person's character; the adverb describes how an action is done.