digital-native

digital-native — 名詞

1. a person who has grown up with computers, smartphones, and the internet and ther

1.名詞B2
釋義

數位原民

從小接觸數位科技、對其運用自如的人

a person who has grown up with computers, smartphones, and the internet and therefore finds digital technology easy and natural to use

例句

As a digital native, Chidi could navigate a tablet before he learned to tie his shoes.

身為數位原民，八歲的 Chidi 還沒學會繫鞋帶就會操作平板了。

collocation: as a digital native

The firm hired a digital native to teach its senior staff the new project software.

公司聘請了一位數位原民，教資深員工使用新的專案軟體。

同義詞
  • tech-savvy person

    describes someone skilled with technology, but does not specify that skill came from growing up with it

  • netizen

    focuses on active internet use and participation in online communities, not general digital fluency

反義詞
  • digital immigrant

    someone who adopted digital technology as an adult rather than growing up with it

用法筆記

This term is often contrasted with 'digital immigrant' (someone who learned digital technology as an adult). The dividing line between the two groups is frequently placed around the early 1980s, when personal computers became common in homes.

常見錯誤

❌All digital natives are teenagers.
✅Many digital natives are in their thirties or forties now.
💡The term refers to people who grew up with digital technology; as time passes, digital natives span a wide range of ages.