小词详解 | naive

naive 英 [naɪˈiːv] 美 [naɪˈiːv]

• Promising technologies stalled, including self-driving cars, making Silicon Valley’s evangelists look naive.
  包括无人驾驶汽车在内的一些大有可为的技术停滞不前，这让硅谷的传教士们显得太过天真。
  ——《经济学人》
• You would have to be very naïve to think that transitioning from these primordial identities to “citizens” would be easy, or even likely.
  如果你认为将这些原始身份转变为“公民”二字会很简单，甚至是仅仅认为这个目标很有可能实现，那都说明你极其天真。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 这些孩子天真烂漫的样子使我想起了自己的童年。一幕幕回忆在我脑海里涌现。
  The children's naive looks reminded me of my childhood. Memories surged up in my mind.

• 他是个巧言令色的说谎高手。真是难以相信你会幼稚到信任他！
  He is a plausible liar. I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him!
• 你精明的叔父昨天被控犯谋杀罪。但别傻乎乎的，事情没有那么简单。
  Your shrewd uncle was indicted for murder yesterday. But don't be naive - the matter is not so simple.

You're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you, Buddy?
现在你不那么天真地认为我们生活在民主社会了吧，是吗伙计？

• innocent: simple; naive
• unsophisticated: lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes
• ingenuous: (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting