infantile

Collocations

infantile behavior

幼稚行为

His infantile behavior at the meeting embarrassed everyone.他在会议上的幼稚行为让所有人都感到尴尬。

infantile humor

幼稚的幽默

The movie relies on infantile humor to appeal to young children.这部电影依靠幼稚的幽默来吸引幼儿。

infantile attitude

幼稚的态度

Her infantile attitude toward criticism made the conversation impossible.她对待批评的幼稚态度使谈话无法进行。

infantile regression

幼稚性退行

The therapist interpreted his infantile regression as a response to stress.治疗师将他的幼稚性退行解释为对压力的反应。

infantile amnesia

婴儿期遗忘

Infantile amnesia explains why few people remember their first three years.婴儿期遗忘解释了为什么很少有人记得自己三岁以前的事。

Memory Tip

把 infantile 拆成 infant（婴儿）+ ile，婴儿般的行为就是“幼稚的、不成熟的”。

Context & Register

语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、psychological evaluation 该词表示“幼稚的、不成熟的”，多用于正式批评或心理学描述中，属于书面、严肃的语气；日常口语中比较少见。

Pronunciation & Spelling

None of the words below is a true rhyme with infantile /ˈɪnfəntɪl/, because infantile stresses the first syllable /ɪn/ and the final /tɪl/ is unstressed; a rhyme would need to match /ˈɪn...tɪl/, and there are no common words in that pattern. The -ile spellings are lookalikes: most in the list are pronounced /aɪl/, while infantile uses /ɪl/. In American English, some of these -ile adjectives may be reduced to /əl/ (e.g., hostile /ˈhɑːstəl/, futile /ˈfjuːtəl/).