單字講座 42:childish (adj) / childlike (adj)
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為什麼狗狗常被稱為「毛小孩」呢?大概是因為他們具備很多「孩子般的」特質吧:呆萌樂天、活力爆表、好奇貪玩、活脫脫的戲精 …(未完待續)。所以這些汪星人究竟是childlike 還是 childish 呢?
▍childish (adj)(帶有貶意)孩子氣的 / 不成熟的 = immature
▶ 例 1:Janet 是如此的孩子氣,以至於每當事情不順她的意時,她就大發雷霆。
Janet is so childish that she gets into a tantrum whenever she can’t get her way.
▍childlike (adj) 孩子般的 / 天真的 = naive
▶ 例 1:保持好奇心和慷慨與他人分享是成人應保留的兩大孩子般的特質。
Being curious and sharing generously with others are two of the childlike traits that adults should keep.