the period of somebody’s life when they are a child 童年；幼年；孩童时期 childhood, adolescence, and adulthood 童年、青少年及成年 He spent his childhood in India. 他在印度度过了童年。 She had a happy childhood. 她有一个幸福的童年。 the problem of childhood obesity 儿童肥胖问题 childhood memories/experiences 童年的回忆／经历 - in/during (somebody's) childhood
in early childhood 在婴幼儿时期 His interest in farming developed during his childhood in Shropshire. 他在什罗普郡的童年时期对农业产生了兴趣。 memories from childhood 童年的记忆 books you remember from your childhood 你童年时记得的书 We have known each other since childhood. 我们从小就认识。 a TV show he's loved since his childhood 他从小就喜欢的电视节目 a childhood friend 童年伙伴。 her childhood home 她童年的家 He married his childhood sweetheart. 他和青梅竹马的恋人结婚了。 childhood cancer/leukaemia/asthma 儿童癌症/白血病/哮喘 funds for early childhood education 幼儿教育基金
Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of life 年龄段 Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期 - be born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood
有幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年 - grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm
成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场 - be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)
是独生子 - reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty
进入／经历青春期 - be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties
十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁 - undergo/experience physical/psychological changes
经历生理／心理变化 - give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure
屈服于／顶住同辈的压力 - assert your independence/individuality
维护独立／个性
Adulthood 成年 - leave school/university/home
中学／大学毕业；离家 - go out to work (at sixteen)
（16 岁）投身工作 - get/find a job/partner
找到工作／伴侣 - be/get engaged/married
订婚；结婚 - have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job
有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作 - settle down and have kids/children/a family
安定下来并生儿育女 - begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)
开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯 - prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career
最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人人生／某人职业生涯的转折点 - reach/be well into/settle into middle age
进入／安度中年 - have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis
经历中年危机 - take/consider early retirement
提前退休；考虑提前退休 - approach/announce/enjoy your retirement
临近／宣布／享受退休
Old age 老年 - have/see/spend time with your grandchildren
有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光 - take up/pursue/develop a hobby
开始／追求／培养一种爱好 - get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension
得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活 - approach/save for/die from old age
临近晚年；存钱养老；老死 - live to a ripe old age
高寿 - reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)
活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） - be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)
变得衰老（常作反语） - die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness
在睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1From earliest childhood she'd had a love of dancing. 她打小就喜欢跳舞。 He became diabetic during childhood. 他童年时就得了糖尿病。 He spent most of his childhood in Egypt. 他童年大部份时间在埃及度过。 He travelled a lot throughout his childhood. 他整个童年经常旅行。 He was moved from family to family throughout his childhood. 他整个童年动荡不定，从一家转到另一家。 Her second son didn't survive childhood. 她的二儿子夭折了。 His health remained poor into later childhood. 直到少年时期，他的健康状况还是很糟。 I remembered my own childhood fondly. 我满怀深情地回忆起了自己的童年。 She died in childhood. 她夭折了。 She still retained many friends from childhood. 她至今还有许多童年时的朋友。 He lived in the same house throughout his childhood. 他整个童年都住在同一栋房子里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- carefree
- good
- happy
- …
- have
- spend
- recall
- …
- days
- years
- event
- …
- during childhood
- from childhood
- in childhood
- …
- scenes from somebody’s childhood
Word OriginOld English cildhād (see child, -hood).
Idioms
a/somebody’s second childhood
a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again 老小孩时期；行为像小孩的晚年时期