We are less credulous than we used to be.
我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 36 A chance in a million

📚 句中词汇解析

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credulous ['krɛdʒələs] 词频5 词根: cred
adj. 轻信的，易受骗的;
💡 cred相信，信任+ulous多…的→相信太多→轻信的
"You must be credulous if she fooled you with that story."
连她那种话都能把你骗倒,你一定是太容易相信别人了.
近义：naive, uncritical, undoubting, unsuspecting, deceivable, gullable 反义：impious, sceptical, skeptical, unbelieving, unconvinced, cynical
less [les] 词频1
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的; adv. 较少地，较小地; prep. 减去;少掉;不足; n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
used [just] 词频2 词根: 使用
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的; v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词）;常常，经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed 反义：unused, unworn

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。
It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.
这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。
It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction.
这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。
I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
我摇摇头，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。
he stooped to talk to a workman.After they had gone on,
途中，停下来与一个工人交谈，接着他们继续往前走去。
When my wife nagged me to do something about it,
妻子喋喋不休让我想点办法。