naive

adjective

/naɪˈiːv/

(also naïve)

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(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
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- 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。
Topics Life stagesc1, Personal qualitiesc1
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adverb
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phrases
- call somebody naive
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(approving) (of people and their behaviour人及其行为) innocent and simple天真的；率直的 synonym 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
(specialist) (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）

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.