| 英语单词 | naive |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [naɪ'iːv] 美 [naɪ'iːv] |
| 中文释义 | adj.天真的;幼稚的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He derides her naive attitude. (2) Children always ask naive questions. (3) This theory was intended to deceive naive people. (4) The politician made a naive decision. (5) He is so naive as to believe such a lie. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他嘲弄她天真的态度。 (2) 小孩子总问天真的问题。 (3) 这一理论旨在欺骗天真群众。 (4) 这个政治家做了一个幼稚的决定。 (5) 他竟然幼稚得连这种谎言都相信。 |
| vocabulary简明 | No one likes being called naive, since it means you lack sophistication or street smarts. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A person who is too trusting can be criticized for being overly naive: "You're so naive, you think that e-mail from the Nigerian prince is really going to make you a million dollars!" Naive shares the same root as native, and originally meant "natural" or "not artificial." It can still be used in a more positive meaning when describing a charming lack of artificiality, as in "the naive style of folk art made by an untrained painter." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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. [oft
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