●Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.
○我睡得很沉,沒什麼東西能把我吵醒。
●My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.
○我爸給自己買了一個玩具火車,我媽說他真是返老還童了。
●Climbing that hill is kid's stuff.
○爬那座山太小兒科了。
●Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy.
○每次比爾往廚房裡添個什麼新物件,他都像一個得了新玩具的孩子一般高興。
●I'm just the new kid on the block. I've only been working here for a month.
○我是公司的新員工,才來了一個月。
●My dad came home at eight in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.
○小的時候我是個「掛鑰匙」兒童,我爸晚上八點才回家,我媽七點回家。
●They've taken on some financial whizz-kid who's going to sort all their problems out.
○他們請了些金融天才來幫他們解決問題。
如果說某人像糖果店裡的小孩子,那麼他們就是對某事特別激動。
●例句:When I got the job, I was like a kid in a candy store.
○當我得到那份工作的時候,我像糖果店裡的小孩一樣興奮。
●例句:For me, playing the guitar is child's play. It's so easy.
○對我來說,彈吉他小菜一碟,非常簡單。
adj. ① 孩子氣的,孩子所特有的
eg:The little girl spoke in a high childish voice. 這個小女孩用尖尖的童聲講話。
②【貶】幼稚的,傻氣的
eg:Crying for things you can't have is childish. 想要的東西得不到就哭是孩子氣的表現。
adj. 天真的;童稚的;孩子般的
例如:Though nearly at the age of fifty, he still retains childlike innocence.
他雖年近半百,但仍童心未泯。
n. 分娩,生孩子
eg:A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth/childbearing.
分娩之後可能會有一段時間的急性抑鬱期。
eg:He is the only child inthe family.
他是家裡唯一的孩子。
eg:Many young people prefer child-free resorts when choosing where to stay on holidays.
很多年輕人在選度假酒店時會更喜歡選擇沒有兒童入住的度假村。
eg:Using child labour in England is illegal.
在英格蘭使用童工是違法的。
eg:It can be hard to find child-friendly restaurants.
找適合兒童的餐廳有時候不那麼容易。
eg:Some women are unable to return to work after having children because of a lack of childcare.
有些女性在生了孩子後因為要照看孩子而不能返回自己的工作崗位。
eg:Good, trust-worthy childminders are in great demand in big cities.
大城市裡非常需要好的、讓人信賴的看孩子的阿姨
eg:Child benefit helps working parents support their families.
兒童津貼會幫助雙職工家庭支持家中的生活。
eg:Celebrating Children’s day gives me a chance to reconnect with my inner child.
慶祝兒童節給我一個找回我心中兒童情感的機會。
eg:Using mobile phones to pay for taxi rides these days is child’s play.
現如今用手機付計程車費是非常容易的。