childlike 和 childish 怎么区别呢?
1. 若是客观上针对小孩而言,指“孩子的,适合于孩子的,孩子特有的”等,用childish而不用 childlike。如:
那是儿童游戏。
误:It’s a childlike game.
正:It’s a childish game.
2. 若不是针对孩子而是针对大人而言,指大人具有小孩的特点品质等,两者都可用,但 childish 通常带有贬义,指幼稚、傻气、任性等,如:
Don’t be so childish.
Her childish remark embarrassed everyone.
My dear child, you’re being childish.
To act like that is childish.
而childlike 通常带有褒义,指天真、正直、坦率等,如:
He couldn’t help smiling at her childlike frankness.
He felt an almost childlike wonder at the beauty of the forest.
Tears came to his eyes as he remembered her childlike look.