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childlike + noun
childlike 常作定语，修饰表示气质、神态的名词，如 innocence、wonder。
She looked at me with childlike curiosity.
她带着孩子般的好奇心看着我。
天真烂漫的；天真单纯的
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天真烂漫的；天真单纯的
having the simple, trusting nature of a child
She looked at me with childlike curiosity.
她带着孩子般的好奇心看着我。
天真而信任的；轻信的；纯朴的。
Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
属于、类似或适合孩子的。
Of, like, or suitable for a child.
Her childlike laughter filled the room with joy.
她孩子般的笑声让房间里充满了欢乐。
He watched the fireworks with childlike wonder.
他带着孩子般的好奇观看烟花。
Despite his age, he has a childlike enthusiasm for drawing.
尽管上了年纪，他对画画仍怀有孩子般的热情。
childlike 常作定语，修饰表示气质、神态的名词，如 innocence、wonder。
She looked at me with childlike curiosity.
她带着孩子般的好奇心看着我。
作表语时侧重保持纯真，一般不含贬义。
Despite her age, she remained childlike.
尽管上了年纪，她依然天真烂漫。
后接 in 引出在哪方面的表现。
He was childlike in his trust of strangers.
他对陌生人的信任像孩子一样单纯。
Not this
He is a childish adult who still believes in fairy tales.
Use this
He is a childlike adult who still believes in fairy tales.
childish 带贬义，指幼稚、不成熟；childlike 才表示天真烂漫、孩子般的纯真。此句想表达积极的“天真”，故用 childlike。
Not this
She smiles childlike at everyone she meets.
Use this
She smiles childishly at everyone she meets.
childlike 是形容词，不能修饰动词 smiles；修饰动词要用副词 childishly，表示“孩子气地”笑。
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孩子般的好奇惊叹
When she saw the ocean for the first time, she watched the waves with childlike wonder.
第一次看到大海时，她带着孩子般的好奇惊叹望着海浪。
童真；天真烂漫
His paintings reflect a childlike innocence that many adults have lost.
他的画作流露出许多成年人已失去的童真。
孩子般的热情
The team tackled the project with childlike enthusiasm, eager to try every idea.
团队以孩子般的热情投入这个项目，急于尝试每一个想法。
孩子般的好奇心
Her childlike curiosity drove her to ask endless questions about the universe.
她孩子般的好奇心驱使她不断追问关于宇宙的问题。
天真单纯；童稚般的纯朴
Despite his success, he still approaches life with childlike simplicity.
尽管他事业有成，他仍然以天真单纯的态度面对生活。
孩子般的信任
The puppy looked up at him with childlike trust.
小狗带着孩子般的信任抬头看着他。
孩子般的好奇心
She looked at the stars with childlike wonder.
她带着孩子般的好奇心仰望星空。
孩子般纯真的信任
He had a childlike faith in the power of kindness.
他对善良的力量怀有孩子般纯真的信任。
天真烂漫
The old man still had a childlike innocence about him.
这位老人依然带着孩子般的天真烂漫。
天真女皇
The Childlike Empress is the ruler of Fantasia in the film The NeverEnding Story, whose fate depends on a human child naming her to save the world from destruction.
天真女皇是电影《永远讲不完的故事》中幻想王国的统治者，她的命运取决于一个人类孩子为她命名，以拯救世界免于毁灭。
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child（孩子）+ like（像）= 像孩子一样，天真烂漫。联想孩子纯真的笑脸，就是childlike。
语域：neutral 常见场景：character description、literary or narrative writing、formal or careful speech childlike 通常多用于书面或较正式的表达，带有温和、正面的语气，强调天真、单纯或孩子般的好奇心；日常随意的口语中较少直接用，更适合在描述、评价或文学性文字中使用。
The final syllable of childlike is pronounced /laɪk/, matching like, bike, hike, strike, alike, and unlike. Like, alike, and unlike share the spelling chunk like; bike, hike, and strike share ike. Beware: the word child, which begins childlike, is pronounced /tʃaɪld/ with a final /d/, so it does not sound like the /laɪk/ group.
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