[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]天真的;幼稚的 If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind.
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It's naive to think that teachers are always tolerant...
认为老师们总那么宽容是幼稚的。
I must have been naive to think we would get my parents' blessing.
我一定太天真了,竟认为我们会得到我父母的祝福。
...naive idealists...
天真的理想主义者
Their view was that he had been politically naive.
他们认为他在政治上一直很幼稚。
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...naively applying Western solutions to Eastern problems...
幼稚地利用西方的办法解决东方的问题
I thought, naively, that this would be a nine-to-five job.
我天真地以为这是份朝九晚五的工作。
naivety
I was alarmed by his naivety and ignorance of international affairs.
他对国际事务缺乏经验且无知,这很让我吃惊。
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naive(alsonaïve)/naɪˈiːv; NAmEnaɪˈiːv/adjective1( disapproving) lacking experience of life, knowledge or good judgement and 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2( approving) (of people and their behaviour 人及其行为)innocent and simple 天真的;率直的SYN
artless
◆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。☞compare
sophisticated
(1 )3( technical 术语) (of art 艺术)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)▶naive·ly/; NAmE/(alsonaïve·ly)adverb◆I naively assumed that I would be paid for the work.我天真地以为这活儿是有报酬的。naiv·ety(alsonaïv·ety)/naɪˈiːvəti; NAmEnaɪˈiːvəti/noun[uncountable ]◆They laughed at the naivety of his suggestion.他们嘲笑他提的建议太幼稚。◆She has lost none of her naivety.她丝毫没有失去那份天真烂漫。naivetynaivetiesnaive/naɪˈiːv; NAmEnaɪˈiːv/naive·ly/; NAmE/naiv·ety/naɪˈiːvəti; NAmEnaɪˈiːvəti/
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naivena‧ive /naɪˈiːv/ ●○○ adjective
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not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen → innocent: a naive young girl Jim can be so naive sometimes.it is naive to think/suppose/assume etc It would be naive to think that this could solve all the area’s problems straight away.—naively adverb: I had naively imagined that he was in love with me.—naivety /naɪˈiːvəti/ (also naiveté /naɪˈiːvəteɪ/) noun [uncountable]: dangerous political naivety
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