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辨析:childlike / childish
这两个形似的形容词区别在于:
child
like
:像孩子一般(天真的)【褒义】或【中性词】child
ish
:像孩子一样(幼稚的)【贬义】或【中性词】
childlike 常见的搭配可以是:
childlike innocence 孩子一般的天真无邪
a childlike voice 娃娃音a childlike face 娃娃脸
childish 常见的搭可以是:
It's simply childish to refuse to talk to her. 拒绝和他谈话是幼稚的表现。【贬义】
She wrote with large,
childish
letters. 他写的字母又大又稚气。【中性词】
innocent / naive
这两个形容词都有「涉世未深;缺乏社会经验」的含义,根据各类词典的定义:innocent 更偏向中性或褒义;naive 略带贬义。
innocent 的其他含义:无罪的;无恶意的
举例:
I was thirteen years old and very innocent. (那时)我才13岁,很单纯。
She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her. 她居然天真地相信他会和她在一起。
I had naively imagined that he was in love with me. 我天真地想过他爱我。
另,naive 有时也被写成 naïve
。
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