infantilize
verb[T]
usuallydisapproving(alsoinfantilise)uk/ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/us/ɪnˈfæn.tə.laɪz/totreatsomeone as if thatpersonwere achild, with theresultthat theystartbehavinglike one:
将…当作小孩对待Hearguesthat givingmoneyto thepoorinfantilizes them andstopsthem fromhelpingthemselves.他争辩道给穷人钱是把他们当小孩来对待,这种做法让他们无法自助。
Children & babies
- ankle-biter
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- comfort blanket
- crawler
- designer baby
- devil
- diddums
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- pest
- potty
- toilet-trained
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin