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Naive

發佈時間: 2022/04/29

Naive

香港中學文憑試已於今個星期初開考。學生經歷過公開試通常會成熟一點,明白公開競爭的現實。經歷令人成長,不再幼稚(naive)。

形容詞naive多用於帶貶義的情況,解「幼稚的、天真的、輕信的」,因為年輕或缺乏生活經驗,而輕易相信別人、總覺得別人意圖是美好、覺得生活簡單公平,不了解世途險惡。例如,He is a playboy. You are too naive to believe he is true-hearted.(他是個花花公子,你相信他是真心的,實在太天真了。)It would be naive of us to think the company could not survive without him.(如果我們認為公司沒有他就無法生存,那就太天真了。)

Naive一字其實也可以帶褒義,指「純真的、無邪的、質樸的」。例如,His paintings are untainted and refreshingly naive.(他的畫純潔無瑕,有種令人耳目一新的天真率直。)A naive perspective can help students focus on their observation rather than get drowned by the complexity.(簡樸單純的觀點可以幫助學生專注於他們的觀察,而不被複雜性所淹沒。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

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