Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #6356
naiver
缺乏经验的；幼稚的；不谙世故的
naiver is the comparative of naive.
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgment; unsophisticated.
多指因缺乏经验而显得幼稚或轻信。
- 1.
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
缺乏世故经验、智慧或判断力；不世故的。
- 2.
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
表现出天真和缺乏世故经验的
- 3.
Not having been exposed to something.
未曾接触过某事物的。
- 4.
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
由未经正式训练的人创作的；风格简单或天真的
- 5.
Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
以简单、孩子气的风格创作,刻意摒弃复杂技巧。
- 6.
inexperienced
缺乏经验的
- 7.
Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
直观的；按普通人解决问题的方式设计的。
天真的；纯真的；质朴的；尚未接触过的；对…陌生的；稚拙的；天真质朴的；朴素的；直观的；缺乏世故经验、智慧或判断力；不世故的。
In use
She was naive to believe that everyone would keep their promises.
His naive questions revealed that he had never traveled abroad.
Don't be so naive; the world is more complicated than you think.
a teenager's naive ignorance of life
the naive assumption that things can only get better
this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances
naive + noun
He made a naive assumption.
他做了一个天真的假设。
Connections
Collocations
- naive assumption
- 天真的假设
- It was a naive assumption that everything would go smoothly.这是一个天真的假设，认为一切都会顺利进行。
- naive question
- 天真的问题
- She asked a naive question about how money is made.她问了一个天真的问题，关于钱是怎么制造的。
- naive view
- 天真的观点
- He has a naive view of the world.他对世界有一种天真的看法。
- naive optimism
- 天真的乐观
- Her naive optimism was refreshing.她天真的乐观让人耳目一新。
- naive girl
- 天真的女孩
- The naive girl believed everything she was told.那个天真的女孩相信了她被告知的一切。
- naive belief
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将 naive 与 native 对比：缺少一个 t，就像缺少经验一样，表示天真幼稚。
Context & Register
语域：混合（天真/幼稚）。常见于描述缺乏经验的人，中性或略带贬义。通常用于非正式或批判性语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'believe', 'achieve', 'relieve' rhyme with 'naive' (ending /iːv/). Words like 'native', 'active', 'motive' share the spelling '-ive' but are pronounced with /ɪv/ (e.g., /ˈneɪtɪv/), so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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