来自法语naive,自然的，真实的，来自native,字母t脱落。通常作贬义使用。

1. The drama takes an idealistic, even a naive view of the subject.

这部戏在对待这一主题上有些理想化，甚至是天真。

2. Her colourful oils and works on paper have a naive, dreamlike quality.

她那些色彩斑斓的油画与纸上作品给人一种天真、梦幻般的感觉。

3. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.

他曾经被教导的简单观念如今听起来陈腐而幼稚。

4. Their view was that he had been politically naive.

他们认为他在政治上一直很幼稚。

5. He was touchingly naive about sex.

他对性幼稚得可怜。