Definition of naive in English:

naive

(also naïve)

adjective nɑːˈiːvnʌɪˈiːvnaɪˈiv

1(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.
（人，行为）无经验的；幼稚的；缺乏判断力的
the rather naive young man had been totally misled
这个幼稚的年轻人完全被误导了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't think that I was - I think I was more naive on that front than one would expect.
- Based on this rather naive childhood wish, I did a lot of research and finally got there.
- You always said that you were politically naive, that you were a non-political person.
- His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy.
- When she does engage in critical analysis, the results are naive and limited.
- Again, to be fair, in Bangalore he made a bold - some would say naive - attempt to redefine Britain's role in the world.
- I'm not naive enough to think that the job of the press is to make the president look good or even to make the country look good.
- He has been particularly criticized for lack of military experience and naive views of warfare.
- This seems pretty naïve and naturally enough there's been no improvement.
- I stand by my labeling of the answer as naïve, however.
- He was naïve about this due to his inexperience.
- Investing in art is ideal for naive investors since it is risk-free.
- I can't believe she's that naive and she's a nurse and she's an educated person.
- The authors are not naïve about the barriers to the process of experimentation and adoption.
- An aware, as opposed to naive, romanticism never did anyone any harm.
- They were naive with respect to the purpose of the experiment and none of them had participated in the previous experiment.
- I'm not naive enough to think everyone will think this one through like the engineer geek I am.
- They were naive to believe they were immune from war's violence.
- Only a very naive observer would conclude that this is currently a party with the focus and energy to win another mandate, whoever its leader may be.
- We are not naive about the many threats and dangers there are today to world peace and security, nor about the urgent need to do something about them.
1. 1.1 (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent.
  （人）天真无邪的
  Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled
  安迪笑的时候表情甜美，天真烂漫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Despite her independence and academic brilliance, she is naive and unworldly and her choices are terrifying.
  You might think we are fools to be so naive, so innocent, so foolish.
  Perhaps it was the shock that kept them hoping or maybe it was a naive innocence.
  She had a naïve, innocent look about her as if she would believe anything a person told her.
  She was terribly naïve and innocent and I suspected that she did not know what it could mean when her best friend just decided to leave a group outing.
  We miss out on the world because we are naive, ingénues who need to be taught everything.
  She was simply too innocent, too naive to understand the look he had when he looked at her.
  He was kind of goofy and maybe even a little naïve, with an innocent smile on his face.
  It's about being innocent and naive, much like Adam was in Paradise before the fall from grace.
  It is the most innocent and naive who find themselves entrapped.
  She was blushing; her flushed face made her look innocent and naïve.
  Speaking with the naive innocence of childhood, he asks why mummy and daddy aren't married and on their honeymoon.
  She wasn't always as innocent and naive as she seemed.
  She's had a rough childhood and still managed to stay sweet, innocent and a little naive.
  He's a benign aid worker with a naïve, innocent, sponge-like desire to learn about the world he's landed in.
  Everything about them was dainty and feminine and naïve, innocent and pure, lovely and artless.
  For example, Daisy is always seen wearing white, which gives her and innocent naive appearance.
  In many ways, Joseph was naïve and innocent in his thinking.
  In the light of this, one might be inclined to say that she is naïve or innocent or foolhardy.
  Maybe it wasn't a coincidence and you're not as innocent or naive as you try to act.
  Synonyms
  innocent, unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, inexperienced, guileless, unworldly, childlike, trusting, trustful, dewy-eyed, starry-eyed, wide-eyed, fond, simple, natural, unaffected, unpretentious
  gullible, credulous, easily taken in, easily deceived, unsuspecting, over-trusting, over-trustful, born yesterday, unsuspicious, deceivable, dupable, immature, callow, raw, green, as green as grass, ignorant
  informal wet behind the ears
2. 1.2 Of or denoting art produced in a style which deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques and has a bold directness resembling a child's work, typically in bright colours with little or no perspective.
  （艺术风格）朴素的，原始的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Linear simplicity, naive spontaneity, subtlety of tones and interesting techniques mark his abstracts.
  He picks the naive approach and joyous colours and forms creating a montage of the flora, fauna and people of South Asia.
  Such naïve art of the Vermicelli school is the very antithesis of this Art.
  The collection is striking in its combination of works from both the realms of art brut and naive art.
  Not that all the art on display is naive; some of it is beautiful in its own right.
  Admittedly, I did get the feeling that extended exposure to its naive style might weary me, but at first glance?
  A series of naïve pop images has been created using the phone's drawing application.
  Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record.
  When on the outside walls, they are of simple design in a more naive style.
  Her designs which were both naive and decorative showed great purity of line.
  This campaign utilises unrelated fun visuals and a faux naive style, which makes it all the smarter.
  His style seems to represent a point halfway between naive art and Expressionism.
  Her paintings are exquisite, naïve and impressionistic, ghostly boats that drift across dripped canvases.
  In such work his style was colourful and bizarre, sometimes with an almost naive quality of freshness.
  She presents characters, churches and landscapes in a naïve and nostalgic way, yet also flavoured with a bit of this kitsch.
  Like the sculpture, the images represent a very naive viewpoint in the art world.

Derivatives

naiveness

noun

I was a willing victim of the naiveness of youth.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their futures in dealing with personal relationships - romantic and otherwise - will suffer from unfamiliarity and naiveness.
- The op-ed page seems always to be going on about the naïveness of the anti-globalization view.
- Once again, these B-grade luxury goods sellers thrive on the naiveness of tourists.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus 'native, natural'.

Rhymes

achieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves

Definition of naive in US English:

naive

(also naïve)

adjectivenaɪˈivnīˈēv

1(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
（人，行为）无经验的；幼稚的；缺乏判断力的
the rather naive young man had been totally misled
这个幼稚的年轻人完全被误导了。
Example sentencesExamples
- They were naive with respect to the purpose of the experiment and none of them had participated in the previous experiment.
- Based on this rather naive childhood wish, I did a lot of research and finally got there.
- I'm not naive enough to think that the job of the press is to make the president look good or even to make the country look good.
- You always said that you were politically naive, that you were a non-political person.
- I don't think that I was - I think I was more naive on that front than one would expect.
- Investing in art is ideal for naive investors since it is risk-free.
- He has been particularly criticized for lack of military experience and naive views of warfare.
- He was naïve about this due to his inexperience.
- An aware, as opposed to naive, romanticism never did anyone any harm.
- His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy.
- I can't believe she's that naive and she's a nurse and she's an educated person.
- I stand by my labeling of the answer as naïve, however.
- This seems pretty naïve and naturally enough there's been no improvement.
- They were naive to believe they were immune from war's violence.
- Again, to be fair, in Bangalore he made a bold - some would say naive - attempt to redefine Britain's role in the world.
- I'm not naive enough to think everyone will think this one through like the engineer geek I am.
- Only a very naive observer would conclude that this is currently a party with the focus and energy to win another mandate, whoever its leader may be.
- The authors are not naïve about the barriers to the process of experimentation and adoption.
- When she does engage in critical analysis, the results are naive and limited.
- We are not naive about the many threats and dangers there are today to world peace and security, nor about the urgent need to do something about them.
1. 1.1 (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent.
  （人）天真无邪的
  Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled
  安迪笑的时候表情甜美，天真烂漫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Despite her independence and academic brilliance, she is naive and unworldly and her choices are terrifying.
  For example, Daisy is always seen wearing white, which gives her and innocent naive appearance.
  Maybe it wasn't a coincidence and you're not as innocent or naive as you try to act.
  She was terribly naïve and innocent and I suspected that she did not know what it could mean when her best friend just decided to leave a group outing.
  She had a naïve, innocent look about her as if she would believe anything a person told her.
  You might think we are fools to be so naive, so innocent, so foolish.
  It's about being innocent and naive, much like Adam was in Paradise before the fall from grace.
  She was blushing; her flushed face made her look innocent and naïve.
  In the light of this, one might be inclined to say that she is naïve or innocent or foolhardy.
  It is the most innocent and naive who find themselves entrapped.
  In many ways, Joseph was naïve and innocent in his thinking.
  She's had a rough childhood and still managed to stay sweet, innocent and a little naive.
  He's a benign aid worker with a naïve, innocent, sponge-like desire to learn about the world he's landed in.
  Speaking with the naive innocence of childhood, he asks why mummy and daddy aren't married and on their honeymoon.
  She wasn't always as innocent and naive as she seemed.
  Everything about them was dainty and feminine and naïve, innocent and pure, lovely and artless.
  We miss out on the world because we are naive, ingénues who need to be taught everything.
  Perhaps it was the shock that kept them hoping or maybe it was a naive innocence.
  He was kind of goofy and maybe even a little naïve, with an innocent smile on his face.
  She was simply too innocent, too naive to understand the look he had when he looked at her.
  Synonyms
  innocent, unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, inexperienced, guileless, unworldly, childlike, trusting, trustful, dewy-eyed, starry-eyed, wide-eyed, fond, simple, natural, unaffected, unpretentious
2. 1.2 Of or denoting art produced in a straightforward style that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques and has a bold directness resembling a child's work, typically in bright colors with little or no perspective.
  （艺术风格）朴素的，原始的
  Example sentencesExamples
  He picks the naive approach and joyous colours and forms creating a montage of the flora, fauna and people of South Asia.
  In such work his style was colourful and bizarre, sometimes with an almost naive quality of freshness.
  Her paintings are exquisite, naïve and impressionistic, ghostly boats that drift across dripped canvases.
  This campaign utilises unrelated fun visuals and a faux naive style, which makes it all the smarter.
  Linear simplicity, naive spontaneity, subtlety of tones and interesting techniques mark his abstracts.
  When on the outside walls, they are of simple design in a more naive style.
  Like the sculpture, the images represent a very naive viewpoint in the art world.
  The collection is striking in its combination of works from both the realms of art brut and naive art.
  Her designs which were both naive and decorative showed great purity of line.
  Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record.
  His style seems to represent a point halfway between naive art and Expressionism.
  A series of naïve pop images has been created using the phone's drawing application.
  Such naïve art of the Vermicelli school is the very antithesis of this Art.
  Admittedly, I did get the feeling that extended exposure to its naive style might weary me, but at first glance?
  Not that all the art on display is naive; some of it is beautiful in its own right.
  She presents characters, churches and landscapes in a naïve and nostalgic way, yet also flavoured with a bit of this kitsch.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.

词汇	naive
释义	Definition of naive in English: naive (also naïve) adjective nɑːˈiːvnʌɪˈiːvnaɪˈiv 1(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement. （人，行为）无经验的；幼稚的；缺乏判断力的 the rather naive young man had been totally misled 这个幼稚的年轻人完全被误导了。 Example sentencesExamples I don't think that I was - I think I was more naive on that front than one would expect. Based on this rather naive childhood wish, I did a lot of research and finally got there. You always said that you were politically naive, that you were a non-political person. His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy. When she does engage in critical analysis, the results are naive and limited. Again, to be fair, in Bangalore he made a bold - some would say naive - attempt to redefine Britain's role in the world. I'm not naive enough to think that the job of the press is to make the president look good or even to make the country look good. He has been particularly criticized for lack of military experience and naive views of warfare. This seems pretty naïve and naturally enough there's been no improvement. I stand by my labeling of the answer as naïve, however. He was naïve about this due to his inexperience. Investing in art is ideal for naive investors since it is risk-free. I can't believe she's that naive and she's a nurse and she's an educated person. The authors are not naïve about the barriers to the process of experimentation and adoption. An aware, as opposed to naive, romanticism never did anyone any harm. They were naive with respect to the purpose of the experiment and none of them had participated in the previous experiment. I'm not naive enough to think everyone will think this one through like the engineer geek I am. They were naive to believe they were immune from war's violence. Only a very naive observer would conclude that this is currently a party with the focus and energy to win another mandate, whoever its leader may be. We are not naive about the many threats and dangers there are today to world peace and security, nor about the urgent need to do something about them. 1.1 (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent. （人）天真无邪的 Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled 安迪笑的时候表情甜美，天真烂漫。 Example sentencesExamples Despite her independence and academic brilliance, she is naive and unworldly and her choices are terrifying. You might think we are fools to be so naive, so innocent, so foolish. Perhaps it was the shock that kept them hoping or maybe it was a naive innocence. She had a naïve, innocent look about her as if she would believe anything a person told her. She was terribly naïve and innocent and I suspected that she did not know what it could mean when her best friend just decided to leave a group outing. We miss out on the world because we are naive, ingénues who need to be taught everything. She was simply too innocent, too naive to understand the look he had when he looked at her. He was kind of goofy and maybe even a little naïve, with an innocent smile on his face. It's about being innocent and naive, much like Adam was in Paradise before the fall from grace. It is the most innocent and naive who find themselves entrapped. She was blushing; her flushed face made her look innocent and naïve. Speaking with the naive innocence of childhood, he asks why mummy and daddy aren't married and on their honeymoon. She wasn't always as innocent and naive as she seemed. She's had a rough childhood and still managed to stay sweet, innocent and a little naive. He's a benign aid worker with a naïve, innocent, sponge-like desire to learn about the world he's landed in. Everything about them was dainty and feminine and naïve, innocent and pure, lovely and artless. For example, Daisy is always seen wearing white, which gives her and innocent naive appearance. In many ways, Joseph was naïve and innocent in his thinking. In the light of this, one might be inclined to say that she is naïve or innocent or foolhardy. Maybe it wasn't a coincidence and you're not as innocent or naive as you try to act. Synonyms innocent, unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, inexperienced, guileless, unworldly, childlike, trusting, trustful, dewy-eyed, starry-eyed, wide-eyed, fond, simple, natural, unaffected, unpretentious gullible, credulous, easily taken in, easily deceived, unsuspecting, over-trusting, over-trustful, born yesterday, unsuspicious, deceivable, dupable, immature, callow, raw, green, as green as grass, ignorant informal wet behind the ears 1.2 Of or denoting art produced in a style which deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques and has a bold directness resembling a child's work, typically in bright colours with little or no perspective. （艺术风格）朴素的，原始的 Example sentencesExamples Linear simplicity, naive spontaneity, subtlety of tones and interesting techniques mark his abstracts. He picks the naive approach and joyous colours and forms creating a montage of the flora, fauna and people of South Asia. Such naïve art of the Vermicelli school is the very antithesis of this Art. The collection is striking in its combination of works from both the realms of art brut and naive art. Not that all the art on display is naive; some of it is beautiful in its own right. Admittedly, I did get the feeling that extended exposure to its naive style might weary me, but at first glance? A series of naïve pop images has been created using the phone's drawing application. Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record. When on the outside walls, they are of simple design in a more naive style. Her designs which were both naive and decorative showed great purity of line. This campaign utilises unrelated fun visuals and a faux naive style, which makes it all the smarter. His style seems to represent a point halfway between naive art and Expressionism. Her paintings are exquisite, naïve and impressionistic, ghostly boats that drift across dripped canvases. In such work his style was colourful and bizarre, sometimes with an almost naive quality of freshness. She presents characters, churches and landscapes in a naïve and nostalgic way, yet also flavoured with a bit of this kitsch. Like the sculpture, the images represent a very naive viewpoint in the art world. Derivatives naiveness noun I was a willing victim of the naiveness of youth. Example sentencesExamples Their futures in dealing with personal relationships - romantic and otherwise - will suffer from unfamiliarity and naiveness. The op-ed page seems always to be going on about the naïveness of the anti-globalization view. Once again, these B-grade luxury goods sellers thrive on the naiveness of tourists. Origin Mid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus 'native, natural'. Rhymes achieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves Definition of naive in US English: naive (also naïve) adjectivenaɪˈivnīˈēv 1(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment. （人，行为）无经验的；幼稚的；缺乏判断力的 the rather naive young man had been totally misled 这个幼稚的年轻人完全被误导了。 Example sentencesExamples They were naive with respect to the purpose of the experiment and none of them had participated in the previous experiment. Based on this rather naive childhood wish, I did a lot of research and finally got there. I'm not naive enough to think that the job of the press is to make the president look good or even to make the country look good. You always said that you were politically naive, that you were a non-political person. I don't think that I was - I think I was more naive on that front than one would expect. Investing in art is ideal for naive investors since it is risk-free. He has been particularly criticized for lack of military experience and naive views of warfare. He was naïve about this due to his inexperience. An aware, as opposed to naive, romanticism never did anyone any harm. His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy. I can't believe she's that naive and she's a nurse and she's an educated person. I stand by my labeling of the answer as naïve, however. This seems pretty naïve and naturally enough there's been no improvement. They were naive to believe they were immune from war's violence. Again, to be fair, in Bangalore he made a bold - some would say naive - attempt to redefine Britain's role in the world. I'm not naive enough to think everyone will think this one through like the engineer geek I am. Only a very naive observer would conclude that this is currently a party with the focus and energy to win another mandate, whoever its leader may be. The authors are not naïve about the barriers to the process of experimentation and adoption. When she does engage in critical analysis, the results are naive and limited. We are not naive about the many threats and dangers there are today to world peace and security, nor about the urgent need to do something about them. 1.1 (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent. （人）天真无邪的 Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled 安迪笑的时候表情甜美，天真烂漫。 Example sentencesExamples Despite her independence and academic brilliance, she is naive and unworldly and her choices are terrifying. For example, Daisy is always seen wearing white, which gives her and innocent naive appearance. Maybe it wasn't a coincidence and you're not as innocent or naive as you try to act. She was terribly naïve and innocent and I suspected that she did not know what it could mean when her best friend just decided to leave a group outing. She had a naïve, innocent look about her as if she would believe anything a person told her. You might think we are fools to be so naive, so innocent, so foolish. It's about being innocent and naive, much like Adam was in Paradise before the fall from grace. She was blushing; her flushed face made her look innocent and naïve. In the light of this, one might be inclined to say that she is naïve or innocent or foolhardy. It is the most innocent and naive who find themselves entrapped. In many ways, Joseph was naïve and innocent in his thinking. She's had a rough childhood and still managed to stay sweet, innocent and a little naive. He's a benign aid worker with a naïve, innocent, sponge-like desire to learn about the world he's landed in. Speaking with the naive innocence of childhood, he asks why mummy and daddy aren't married and on their honeymoon. She wasn't always as innocent and naive as she seemed. Everything about them was dainty and feminine and naïve, innocent and pure, lovely and artless. We miss out on the world because we are naive, ingénues who need to be taught everything. Perhaps it was the shock that kept them hoping or maybe it was a naive innocence. He was kind of goofy and maybe even a little naïve, with an innocent smile on his face. She was simply too innocent, too naive to understand the look he had when he looked at her. Synonyms innocent, unsophisticated, artless, ingenuous, inexperienced, guileless, unworldly, childlike, trusting, trustful, dewy-eyed, starry-eyed, wide-eyed, fond, simple, natural, unaffected, unpretentious 1.2 Of or denoting art produced in a straightforward style that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques and has a bold directness resembling a child's work, typically in bright colors with little or no perspective. （艺术风格）朴素的，原始的 Example sentencesExamples He picks the naive approach and joyous colours and forms creating a montage of the flora, fauna and people of South Asia. In such work his style was colourful and bizarre, sometimes with an almost naive quality of freshness. Her paintings are exquisite, naïve and impressionistic, ghostly boats that drift across dripped canvases. This campaign utilises unrelated fun visuals and a faux naive style, which makes it all the smarter. Linear simplicity, naive spontaneity, subtlety of tones and interesting techniques mark his abstracts. When on the outside walls, they are of simple design in a more naive style. Like the sculpture, the images represent a very naive viewpoint in the art world. The collection is striking in its combination of works from both the realms of art brut and naive art. Her designs which were both naive and decorative showed great purity of line. Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record. His style seems to represent a point halfway between naive art and Expressionism. A series of naïve pop images has been created using the phone's drawing application. Such naïve art of the Vermicelli school is the very antithesis of this Art. Admittedly, I did get the feeling that extended exposure to its naive style might weary me, but at first glance? Not that all the art on display is naive; some of it is beautiful in its own right. She presents characters, churches and landscapes in a naïve and nostalgic way, yet also flavoured with a bit of this kitsch. Origin Mid 17th century: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.
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