na·ive
adjective/naɪˈiːv/
/naɪˈiːv/
(also naïve)
- (disapproving) (of a person or action) not showing enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life; too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth
没有表现出足够的知识、良好的判断力或生活经验;太愿意相信人们总是告诉你真相 - to be politically naive
对政治无知 - 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 - It would be naive to imagine there is no risk involved.
如果认为不涉及任何风险,那就太天真了。
Wordfinder- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- prove
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- call somebody naive
- to be politically naive
- (approving) (of people and their behaviour) innocent and simple
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
稚拙派的(简单质朴,色彩明快)
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.