green

Compared meaning: lacking experience of life (adjective).

比较义项：缺乏经验、阅历不足（形容词）。

• green 本词

  Informal; describes someone new to a job, skill or situation who still makes beginner mistakes, with no moral or trust connotation, often used predicatively, as in 'still green'.

  非正式用语，指初次接触某项工作、技能或情境、还会犯新手常见错误的人，不含道德或轻信之意，常作表语使用，如“still green”。

  The new intern is still a bit green when it comes to handling client calls.

  这位新来的实习生在处理客户电话方面还有点经验不足。

• innocent

  Emphasizes moral purity and a sheltered lack of exposure to the world's cruelty or vice, with a sympathetic tone; not primarily about being easily fooled.

  强调道德上的纯真，因受保护而未接触过世间的残酷或邪恶，语气偏同情；主要不是指容易被骗。

  Sheltered from a young age, she remained innocent about the cruelty of the world.

  她从小受到保护，对世间的残酷一直懵懂无知。

• naive

  Stresses foolish, uncritical trust: someone who believes things too readily and is easily deceived, often used critically about a person's judgement or a plan.

  强调愚蠢而不加分辨的轻信：容易轻易相信他人、容易受骗，常带批评语气，用于评价一个人的判断力或某个计划。

  It was naive of him to believe the stranger's promise of easy money.

  他竟然相信陌生人轻松赚钱的承诺，实在是太天真轻信了。

Green, innocent, and naive all mean lacking experience. Green is informal, for someone new to a job; its 'color' sense is not compared. Innocent is sympathetic, stressing shelter from cruelty; its legal sense 'not guilty' is not compared. Naive is critical, stressing foolish trust.

这三个词都可表示“缺乏经验”，但语气和适用场合不同：green 语气随意口语化，多指在工作、技能等方面经验不足，常作表语，如“still green”；innocent 语气偏同情，强调因受保护而未接触过世间的邪恶或残酷面，带纯真色彩；naive 语气偏批评，强调因缺乏经验而轻易相信他人，容易受骗。这里不比较 green 表示“绿色的”（颜色）义项，也不比较 innocent 表示“无罪的”（法律）义项。

Compared meaning: inexperienced, not fully developed (adjective).

比较义项：缺乏经验、不成熟的（形容词）。

• green 本词

  Informal; used mainly to describe a person new to a job or activity, lacking experience or skill, rather than general emotional or physical immaturity.

  口语化说法；主要用来形容初入某项工作或活动、缺乏经验或技能的人，而不是泛指情绪或身体上的不成熟。

  She's still green when it comes to closing sales, but she's learning fast.

  她在促成销售这方面还很生疏，不过学得很快。

• immature

  More formal and general; describes physical, emotional, or behavioral underdevelopment in people or things, often implying childish or irresponsible conduct.

  更正式、更通用；可以用来形容人或事物在身体、情绪或行为方面发育不全，常暗示幼稚或不负责任的举动。

  His immature reaction to criticism made him seem unprofessional in the meeting.

  他对批评的不成熟反应让他在会议上显得很不专业。

Green and immature both mean inexperienced. Green is informal, for someone new to a job; its 'color' sense is not compared. Immature is more formal and general, describing childish or irresponsible behavior; its sense 'physically undeveloped,' as of a body or thing, is not compared.

green和immature在这个意思上都表示不成熟，但green更口语化，多用来形容某人在某项工作或技能方面缺乏经验，语气比较随和；immature更正式、更通用，除了缺乏经验，还常指情绪或行为上的幼稚、不负责任。green另有绿色等常用义项，immature也可指身体或事物发育不全的义项，这里都不作比较。