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单词 naïf
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
na•ïf  (nä ēf),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a naive or inexperienced person.

adj. 
  1. naive.
Also, na•if. 
  • Middle French; masculine of naïve

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
naïf /naɪˈiːf/ adj , n
  1. a less common word for naive
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
na•ive or na•ïve /nɑˈiv/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. childlike and innocent.
  2. showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment;
    gullible.
na•ive•ly, adv. See -nat-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
na•ive  (nä ēv),USA pronunciation 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, na•ïve. 
  • Latin nātīvus native
  • French, feminine of naïf, Old French naif natural, instinctive
  • 1645–55
na•ively, adv. 
na•iveness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged simple, unaffected, unsuspecting, artless, guileless, candid, open, plain.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sophisticated, artful.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
naive, naïve /naɪˈiːv/naïf adj
  1. having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous
  2. lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism: a naive argument
  3. another word for primitive
n
  1. rare a person who is naive, esp in artistic style
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, feminine of naïf, from Old French naif native, spontaneous, from Latin nātīvus native, from nasci to be born

naˈively, naˈïvely, naˈïfly adv naˈiveness, naˈïveness, naˈïfness n
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