Famous atheists mocked them and then capitulated themselves to the mysteries of the spirit world: like Annie Besant, a social reformer who ended up as a credulous theosophist.

一些有名的无神论者先是对这种行为嗤之以鼻, 之后却纷纷投入神秘的亡灵之域。例如，一位叫安妮.本森特的社会改革家，最后却成了一名轻信的见神论者。

He was generous, and the needy, laughing at him because he believed so naively their stories of distress, borrowed from him with effrontery.

他很大方；那些手头拮据的人一方面嘲笑他那么天真地轻信他们编造的不幸故事，一方面厚颜无耻地伸手向他借钱。

I didn't realize you were so gullible Rob – and that means easily persuaded to believe something.

我以前没有到你是这样轻信别人的人，罗伯。轻信是指很容易被别人说服。

Another patient might equally well complain that her neighbours were combining to slander her and persecute her, and yet one might be cautious about believing this statement.

另有一位病人可能同样有理由抱怨说，她的邻居们合起来对她进行诽谤和迫害，不过，人们不会轻信她的抱怨。

By winter, investment in Poyais bonds had generated over a billion pounds in today's money. And MacGregor was still selling land to gullible Scots!

到了冬天，对波亚斯债券的投资已经产生了相当于今天的10亿英镑的收益，而此时麦格雷格尔还把土地卖给那些轻信于人的苏格兰人！

The idea that you have to be gullible or weak to join one of these groups is a myth.

认为加入这些团体必须是轻信或软弱的人的想法是一个谬误。

However I don't get rid of my gullibility because I don't want to also get rid of my trustworthiness.

然而，我却不想丢掉轻信别人的习惯，因为同时我不想丢掉我值得信赖的优点。

Look, I don't know what lies you've heard about Austin. But you can't be listening to vicious gossip.

听着，我不知道你听说了奥斯丁的什么谣言。可你不能轻信那些恶毒的谣言。

We have another word, which is gullible, and if you simply place trust indiscriminately without making a judgement about whether the other person or institution is trustworthy then just trusting to luck as we say, is probably not a virtue.

我们还有另一个词轻信的，而如果你不加选择地赋予信任，不去判断对方或机构是否值得信任，那就是我们所说的仅仅碰运气，这可能并不是一个美德。

As she sifts through the tainted past, Wolf is horrified by her own “incurable” gullibility.

当沃尔夫细究其不堪回首的过往，她因自身那“无法治愈”的易轻信他人的性格而惊恐。

The King would never accept the word of a servant over the word of a knight.

国王是不会轻信仆人对骑士的指控。

I would say cynicism is mistrusting people in a credulous and unthinking way.

可以说，犬儒主义就是以一种轻信且不加思考的方式对他人产生怀疑。

And so I don't take his word for it.

所以我不会轻信他的说法。

Your credulity in the goodness of life.

你对生活美好性的轻信。

But obviously, you just got to be careful about trusting anything there.

但显然，你得小心别轻信那里的任何东西。

It's perfectly reasonable and even right to prey on the gullible because they deserve it.

利用轻信的人是完全合理的，甚至是对的，因为他们活该如此。

They-- They pray on the weak and gullible, i.e. you.

他们——他们专挑软弱和轻信的人下手，也就是你。

Sometimes it's just some credulous reporter who doesn't follow the Supreme Court.

有时候，这只是某个对最高法院动态不够关注、轻信不疑的记者。

And yes, gullible people continue to do so.

是的，轻信的人依旧如此。

And it needs gullible, maybe dumb people to sign on.

而且它需要一些容易轻信的、或许愚蠢的人来加入。