naive

世間知らずの、うぶな

経験が足りず、人や状況をよく判断できない。人を簡単に信じがち。

やさしい英語で： Without enough experience to judge people or situations well, often trusting others too easily.

• I was young and naive.
• It was naive to expect everyone to agree.
• He is less naive about politics now.

使い方： naive to do something (It was naive to trust him without checking his story.); naive about something (She was naive about how businesses worked.)

類義語： inexperienced, innocent, unsophisticated

反対語： sophisticated, worldly

よく使う表現： naive person, naive belief, naive to think, naive assumption

素朴派の、ナイーブな

複雑な技法を使わず、子供の絵のような素朴な作風で描かれた。

やさしい英語で： Made in a simple style like a child’s art, without complex artistic methods.

• She collects naive art.
• The painting shows a village in a naive style.
• His naive figures have bright clothes and large eyes.

類義語： childlike

よく使う表現： naive art, naive painting, naive style