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childlike
  • Derivative : n  childlikeness
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

childlike [ 'ʧaɪld .laɪk] [ 'ʧaɪld .laɪk]
  1. 1. adjective 适宜于孩子的，符合孩子的
  2. 2. adjective 像孩子的，孩子所特有的，有孩子气的，（孩子般）天真烂漫的，单纯的，诚实的

Collins English-English Dictionary

childlike ['tʃaɪld"laɪk]
  1. 1. adj like or befitting a child, as in being innocent, trustful, etc - Compare childish
See more results for childlike in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

childlike → -like
憨态可掬，稚趣盎然
shy and childlike → 稚趣
你干吗和四五岁的孩童一般见识？
Why do you lower yourself to childlike standards? → 孩童
他做了好事总是不忘记要功, 像个孩子似的。
He never forgets to ask for the credit after he does a good deed, it is childlike. → 要功

nciku Note

像孩子到底是好是坏？childish和childlike的辨析

childish 孩子气的，指孩子不如人意的地方，如不懂事、幼稚、傻气等，带有贬义；childlike 孩子般的，多指孩子讨人喜欢的方面，如天真、纯洁、真诚等。

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