naive
英 [naɪ'iːv; nɑː'iːv]
美 [naɪ'iv]
助記提示
1.【記】nai=奶，ve=壺，拿著個奶壺→天真的. nai (奶) + ve => 喝奶的人(小朋友)很天真。
2. native => naive.
中文詞源
naive 天真的來自法語naive,自然的，真實的，來自native,字母t脫落。通常作貶義使用。
英文詞源
- naive
- naive: see native
- naive (adj.)
- 1650s, "natural, simple, artless," from French naïve, fem. of naïf, from Old French naif "naive, natural, genuine; just born; foolish, innocent; unspoiled, unworked" (13c.), from Latin nativus "not artificial," also "native, rustic," literally "born, innate, natural" (see native (adj.)). Related: Naively.
雙語例句
- 1. The drama takes an idealistic, even a naive view of the subject.
- 這部戲在對待這一主題上有些理想化，甚至是天真。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her colourful oils and works on paper have a naive, dreamlike quality.
- 她那些色彩斑斕的油畫與紙上作品給人一種天真、夢幻般的感覺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
- 他曾經被教導的簡單觀念如今聽起來陳腐而幼稚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Their view was that he had been politically naive.
- 他們認為他在政治上一直很幼稚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was touchingly naive about sex.
- 他對性幼稚得可憐。
來自柯林斯例句