(1) trusting和trustful同义,都指“易于相信他人的,信任的,不存疑心的”。
- She had a trusting look in her eyes.
她眼里流露出信任的目光。 - She's far too trustful .
她太容易相信别人了。
(2) artless意为“自然的,单纯的,天真烂漫的”。
- He is as artless as a child of five.
他就像一个五岁的孩子那样纯真。
(3) innocent可指“天真无邪的;无知的;头脑简单的;易受骗的”。
- She is a very innocent kind of person.
她很天真。 - She is as innocent as a newborn baby.
她就如初生婴儿一般天真。 - Don't be so innocent as to believe his nonsense.
别天真到相信他的鬼话。
(4) naive指“(由于年轻或无经验而言行)自然天真的,质朴的”。
- She was laughed at for her naive remarks.
她幼稚的言语受到人们的嘲笑。 - Don't be so naive as to be taken in by that politician.
不要太天真了,小心上那个政客的当。 - Her big eyes and naive questions made everyone feel protective toward her.
她那一双大眼睛和天真的问题使得大家都觉得要保护她。
(5) credulous意为“易受骗的,轻信的”。
- It's very credulous of you to believe what he says.
你太轻信他的话了。 - He knew of old that ladybug was credulous about conflagrations, and he had practiced upon its simplicity more than once.
他早就知道瓢虫轻信大火,他不止一次地利用它的单纯来耍弄它。