| 词汇 | childishness |
| 释义 | childishness noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /ˈtʃaɪl.dɪʃ.nəs/ us /ˈtʃaɪl.dɪʃ.nəs/ the quality of being something that would be expected of or appropriate for a child: （成人）孩子气，幼稚 Ashamed at my childishness, I apologized.我为我的幼稚感到羞愧，我道歉了。 Complaining to your mother like this is pure childishness.像这样向你母亲抱怨是纯粹的孩子气。 See childish To most people, her occasional childishness seems merely charming. I was behaving with the childishness of a newly published writer and complaining about my book. If there's one thing that defines their work to date, it would have to be childishness. Physically and mentally mature & immature adult adulting ageing babyish childish immaturely immaturity infantile juvenile make a man (out) of someoneidiom mature maturity petulance petulancy petulant petulantly post-adolescent secondary sexual characteristic sophomoric young at heartidiom childishness | American Dictionarychildishness noun[ U ] us/ˈtʃɑɪl·dɪʃ·nəs/ behavior typical of a child Examples of childishnesschildishness I now want to explain the most complicated reason behind its evolving childishness. We call this a state of childishness, but it is the same poor hollow mockery of it, that death is of sleep. When the lost male child is found to be female, its gender assumes a significance previously held by its childishness. In the second example an activity commonly entered into by children did not become framed within a discourse of childishness. I hope that there will be rather less of the yaboo childishness which that point of order displayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us have no more of this childishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is pure childishness to deny that there has been that whispering campaign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that much wrong behaviour in children arises from their precocity and that much wrong behaviour in adults arises from their childishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To think such a feat capable of accomplishment within, say, the lifetime of the present generation, is evidence either of childishness or imbecility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One reason why he is not giving way on this issue may be what could loosely be termed political childishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite her great childishness, her magical ability and knowledge are top class. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has often been a dedicated worker and a very wise engine, however later seasons have portrayed an element of timidness, and occasional childishness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The blame for everything lies on my lack of character, my weakness, impracticality, childishness! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I'm not going to tolerate silliness, childishness and a lot of leftist posturing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fast described the stories as about the general childishness of man, the only form of life that refuses to grow up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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