单词 | naive |
释义 | naive —naively, adv. —naiveness, n. /nah eev"/, adj. 1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous. 2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics. 3. having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings. 4. not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal. Also, naïve. [1645-55; < F, fem. of naïf, OF naif natural, instinctive < L nativus NATIVE] Syn. 1. simple, unaffected, unsuspecting, artless, guileless, candid, open, plain. Ant. 1. sophisticated, artful. |
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