| 词汇 | childlike |
| 释义 | childlike adjective uk /ˈtʃaɪld.laɪk/ us /ˈtʃaɪld.laɪk/ (of adults) showing the good qualities that children have, such as trusting people, being honest and enthusiastic: （成人）孩子般的，单纯的，纯真无邪的 a childlike innocence/quality孩子般的天真无邪／气质 All her life she had a childlike trust in other people.她一辈子都对人怀有单纯的信任。 Compare childish Naive & trusting be easy game/meatidiom be easy preyidiom be wet behind the earsidiom butter butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthidiom idealistic impressionable ingenuous ingenuously jejune prey pushover see things in black and whiteidiom simple soft touch unsophisticated unsophistication unsuspecting unsuspicious wide-eyed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Children & babies Examples of childlikechildlike These observations form the backdrop against which psychological processes in the dream were imputed to have a "childlike" form. She specifically argues against punishment for acts of curiosity or 'childlike' behaviour. Measured by stereotypes of gender representation, the result is that male characters tend to appear more childlike and women more adult. The faces especially of the children show childlike characteristics with a high forehead and large eyes. Similarly, purposeful childlike playing with sound-producing objects might be done creatively, but it is not necessarily composing. The irony of course that actors and performers have discovered is that through playfulness and their childlike approach they can develop this sense of self. Long before the college-age students have come to equate childlike explorations with embarrassment and 'fooling around'. The interviews variously suggested representations of the public as passive consumers; as a naive, childlike and clamorous public; and/or as lacking skills, capacities or trust. Childlike hyperbole infuses memory with a feeling of boundlessness, friendship, and loyalty (here already described as ' 'counting ' ' on others). The idea of the prince behaving as a ' father to his subjects ' is supplemented by the duty of the subjects to reward this with childlike obedience and love. Those perceived as unable to perform tasks independently of others are portrayed as childlike, and the metaphors of childhood are central to our understanding and experience of dependency. The parenting subsystem is undermined when one parent reduces the other to a childlike status, or when both parents allow the child to dominate the interaction. I must repeat that the issue is one of almost childlike simplicity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As one police officer graphically described the situation recently, the only thing childlike about many young criminals is their birth certificates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With some sort of childlike innocence, we have become the easy victims of foreign diplomacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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