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childtFaIldn [C]pl children 9tSIlYdrRn, 9tSWl-a boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age儿童，孩子When she was a child she was always healthy.她小时候总是很健康。A small group of children waited outside the door.一小群孩子等在门外。I won't allow a child of mine to go out dressed like that!我不会允许我的孩子穿成那样出去！Both her children are now married with children of their own.她的两个孩子都结了婚，现在都有了自己的孩子。Jan is married with three young children.简已经结了婚，有了三个小孩。The minister is reported to have fathered several illegitimate children.据报道该部长有几个私生子。There were people outside the abortion clinic campaigning for the rights of the unborn child.堕胎诊所前有人在为了未出生的孩子的权利而举行示威。(disapproving) An adult can be called a child if they behave the way a child would.孩子气的人，幼稚的人He can't stand not getting his own way --he's such a child.他受不了不能我行我素，为所欲为----真是孩子气。If someone is a child of something such as a period of recent history they are very influenced by it.（深受某个时代影响的）人物She's always talking about peace and love--she's a real child of the sixties.她总在谈论和平与爱----真是典型的六十年代的人物。(infml) Child's play is something that is very easy to do.容易干的事Using computers nowadays is child's play compared to how difficult they were to use twenty years ago.比较一下20年前用计算机是多么困难，现在使用计算机真是太容易了。(old use) A woman who is (great) with child is (very) pregnant.怀孕（后期）Child abuse is the act of making a child suffer physically, sexually or emotionally when it is done either by their parents, or by adults who should be taking care of them.虐待、猥亵儿童(Br) Child benefit/(Am) Aid to Families with Dependent Children is money received regularly by families from the government to help pay for the costs of caring for children.（政府给家长发的）儿童津贴Child care is care for children provided by either the government, an organization or a person, while parents are at work or are absent for another reason.（政府或其他组织提供的）儿童保育What child care facilities does your company offer?你们公司提供哪些儿童保育的便利？Without the adequate provision of child care, many women who wish to work are unable to do so.因为没有足够的儿童保育设施，许多希望工作的妇女无法工作。A children's home is a place where children are cared for if their parents are dead or unable to take care of them.儿童福利院A child molester is a person who tries to have sex with children猥亵儿童的人Police are trying to catch a child molester who is active in the area.警方正试图抓获一个在这个地区活动的猥亵儿童的人。Why shouldn't a woman have a job after years of child-rearing (=caring for children)?一个妇女养育孩子几年后为什么不能有份工作呢？(saying) "Children should be seen and not heard" means that children should behave and should not make any unnecessary noise.孩子应当乖，少出声"When I was a child, I spake (=spoke) as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." (Bible, 1 Corinthians 13.11)“我做孩子的时候，说话像孩子，心思像孩子，意念像孩子; 既成了人，就把孩子气的事丢弃了。”（《圣经·哥林多前书》）"Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man" (traditional saying, often associated with the Jesuits)“把孩子给我直到他满七岁，我会给你一个男人”（与耶稣会有关的古语）"The Child is father to the Man" (William Wordsworth in the poem My Heart Leaps Up, 1807)从小看大，三岁看老。（威廉·华兹华斯《我的心儿激烈地跳动》）"Children of a Lesser God" (title of a play by Marc Medoff taken from a poem by Tennyson, 1979)《小神之子》（马克·麦道夫所作剧名，出自丁尼生的诗） [BRAINCHILD]
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