Melanie and Charles, who were on excellent terms with their uncle, had frequently offered to relieve her of this ordeal, but Pitty always set her babyish mouth firmly and refused.
By letting our hurt, babyish selves into the relationship, we open the way to a more nuanced, fruitful, creative and accurate idea of what it really means to be an adult.
Jean and Eileen were sweet elfin women with identical babyish voices, tinkly laughs and good cheekbones; the sort of women who seemed so femininely submissive and were anything but.
Jean 和 Eileen 是甜美的精灵女性,有着相同的婴儿般的声音、叮叮当当的笑声和好颧骨;那种看来如此女性化的顺从,绝非如此的女人。