naive
Word family adverbnaivelynounnaivenessnaivetéadjectivenaivistnaive
na·ive /naɪˈiːv/ ●○○ adjectiveadjEXPERIENCEDnot having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen 无经验的,幼稚的,天真的 → innocenta naive young girl 天真的小女孩
Jim can be so naive sometimes. 吉姆有时候非常幼稚。
it is naive to think/suppose/assume etcIt would be naive to think that this could solve all the area’s problems straight away. 认为这样就可以马上解决该地区的所有问题也太天真了。
—naively adverbadvI had naively imagined that he was in love with me. 我曾天真地以为他是爱着我的。
—naivety /naɪˈiːvəti/ (also naiveté /naɪˈiːvəteɪ/) noun [uncountableU]dangerous political naivety 危险的政治幼稚
Origin naive (1600-1700) French naïve, feminine of
naïf, from
Latin nativus;
→ NATIVE1