| 释义 |
inner child, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˌɪnə ˈtʃʌɪld|, U.S. |ˈˌɪnər ˈˌtʃaɪld|
[‹ inner adj. + child n., perhaps after inner man at inner adj. 3.]
A person's supposed original or authentic self, esp. when regarded as damaged or repressed by childhood traumas; (also) that part of a person's personality which manifests itself in or enjoys childish activities and things. Also in extended use.
1955Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 Nov. iv. 7/2, I had unconsciously used just that method of going beyond memory and thus getting into the inner child that I once was. 1963W. H. Missildine Your Inner Child of Past i. 14 The child you once were continues to survive inside your adult shell. ‘Thrive’ would perhaps be a better word than ‘survive’, for often this ‘inner child of the past’ is a sprawling, bawling, brawling character. 1986J. Smith Free your Inner Child p. vii, The third step is to see your inner child. 1992Chicago Tribune 18 Dec. ii. 4/3 ‘Toys’ seems to be the work of Barry Levinson's inner child, so thoroughly does the film wallow in goo-goo infantilism. 1998N.Y. Times 9 July b1/3 No one has to be talked into the satisfactions of the hut. It is architecture's inner child. 2001Asda Mag. Apr. 51 Free your inner child in these practical but oh-so-cute PJs. |
