trustfulness

trustfulness — 名詞

1. the quality of being willing to trust other people easily and to believe that th

1.名詞C1
釋義

信任；信賴

容易信賴他人的傾向

the quality of being willing to trust other people easily and to believe that they are honest and mean you no harm

例句

Élise's natural trustfulness made it easy for new classmates to become her friends.

Élise 天生容易信任別人，這讓新同學很容易就成為她的朋友。

The old dog's gentle trustfulness toward the children touched the whole family.

那隻老狗對孩子們溫和信賴的態度，感動了全家人。

collocation: trustfulness toward [someone]

同義詞
  • trust

    broader in meaning; can refer to a single instance or a general attitude, whereas trustfulness specifically describes a personality trait

  • openness

    focuses on willingness to share thoughts and feelings, not necessarily on believing others are honest

  • innocence

    implies inexperience or lack of awareness of bad motives, which trustfulness does not always carry

反義詞
  • distrustfulness

    the tendency to suspect others' motives and be unwilling to trust

  • suspiciousness

    more active and watchful than distrustfulness; implies looking for signs of dishonesty

用法筆記

This word is more common in formal or descriptive writing about character than in everyday conversation. The context determines whether trustfulness is presented as a virtue (openness) or a weakness (naivety).

常見錯誤

❌Her trustfulness made her deserve everyone's respect.
✅Her trustworthiness made her deserve everyone's respect.
💡trustfulness means trusting others; trustworthiness means being worthy of others' trust.
❌He showed great trustfulness to complete the project.
✅He showed great trust in his team to complete the project.
💡trustfulness is a personality trait, not used for a single act of trusting.