naive
adjective /naɪˈiːv/
/naɪˈiːv/
(also naïve)
- (disapproving) not having enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life and too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth
缺乏经验的;幼稚的;无知的;轻信的 - to be politically naive
对政治一无所知 - I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him!
真是难以相信你会幼稚到信任他! - a naive question
无知的问题
Wordfinder- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Topics Life stagesc1, Personal qualitiesc1- He regarded the move as politically naive.
他认为这一举措在政治上很幼稚。 - He made some particularly naive remarks.
他发表了一些特别幼稚的评论。 - It would be naive of us to think that football is only a game.
我们要是以为足球只是一种游戏,那就太天真了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- prove
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- call somebody naive
- to be politically naive
- (approving) (of people and their behaviour
) innocent and simple人及其行为 synonym artless天真的;率直的 - Their approach to life is refreshingly naive.
他们对待生活的态度天真率直,令人耳目一新。
- Their approach to life is refreshingly naive.
- (specialist) (of art
) in a style which is deliberately very simple, often uses bright colours and is similar to that produced by a child艺术 稚拙派的(简单质朴,色彩明快)
词源mid 17th cent.: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.