| 单词 | naif |
| 释义 | naif (once / 55231 pages) nadj A naif is a person with very little experience. When you're just starting a new job, you often feel like a naif. You might have noticed how similar the noun naif is to the adjective naive. They share a common origin, the French word naïf, which means both "natural, unspoiled, or innocent" and also "foolish." When you describe someone using the adjective form of naif — which can be used interchangeably with naive — you are usually implying that the person is a little childlike or immature. WORD FAMILYnaif: naifs USAGE EXAMPLESBut Mr. Netanyahu saw a naïf who failed to grasp the existential threat to Israel and who demanded more of his friends than his enemies. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) There is something of the Dostoevskian holy idiot, the existential Being There naïf in Wonder, and nowhere so much as in his gloop. Slate(Dec 18, 2016) They're both adult naifs who retain their childlike wonder for the holiday season. Los Angeles Times(Nov 22, 2016) 1n a naive or inexperienced person Hyper inexperienced person, innocent a person who lacks knowledge of evil 2adj marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience Syn|Ant naive credulous disposed to believe on little evidence uninformednot informed; lacking in knowledge or information childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyedexhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity credulousshowing a lack of judgment or experience fleeceable, green, gulliblenaive and easily deceived or tricked ingenuous, innocentlacking in sophistication or worldliness simple-mindedlacking subtlety and insight unsophisticated, unworldlynot wise in the ways of the world unworldlynot concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations sophisticated having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire elegantrefined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style disenchantedfreed from enchantment cosmopolitan, widely distributedgrowing or occurring in many parts of the world informedhaving much knowledge or education literateable to read and write blase, worldlyvery sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world intelligent, well-informedpossessing sound knowledge polished, refined, svelte, urbaneshowing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience worldly-wiseexperienced in and wise to the ways of the world secular, temporal, worldlycharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world |
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