| 英语单词 | naivete |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [nɑː'iːvteɪ] 美 [nɑ'iːvteɪ] |
| 中文释义 | n.天真;质朴 |
| 英语例句 | (1) But my parents, who had contributed their wedding rings for the war, never recovered from their naivete. (2) The number of wind imagery in the North Dynasty's poems was not very much , but had its own naivete style. (3) He combined curious qualities of naivete with incisive wit and worldly sophistication. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 只有我的父母,我那捐出婚戒作军费的父母,他们的天真热忱终生都没有消退。 (2) 北朝诗中的风意象数量不多,但有着质朴刚健的独特风格,它们与西晋以来绵延不断的悲情风意象一起,代表了此期风意象传统的一面。 (3) 他把天真质朴的奇怪品质同锐利的机智和老练的世故结合了起来。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you suggest that world peace could be achieved by handing out cookies in warring nations, you would be revealing a certain amount of naivete. This is a lack of wisdom and sophistication. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Naivete has four syllables and is pronounced nigh-eve-i-TAY. The root naïve is a French adjective meaning “natural, just born.” Because it suggests innocence or ignorance, naivete is often associated with children, who lack experience and knowledge. But plenty of adults, too, display a certain amount of naivete when they make assumptions based on ignorance, an inability to grasp a situation, or a tendency to oversimplify complex things. |
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