infancy

His daughter died in infancy.

他的女儿早夭。

In the absence of the cultural traditions that fill our lives with numbers from infancy, we would all struggle with even basic quantitative distinctions.

如果没有文化传统，我们的生活不会从婴儿期就充满了数字，我们所有人都会为了最基本的数量区分而挣扎。

Computing science was still in its infancy.

计算机科学仍然处于初期阶段。

Experts see a movement toward the use of mobile technology in education, though they say it is in its infancy as professors try to come up with useful applications.

专家们看到了移动技术在教育中应用的趋势，不过他们说，随着教授们试图提出有用的应用，移动技术还处于起步阶段。

Works of several historians reveal the moral compromises made by the nation's early leaders and the fragile nature of the country's infancy.

几位历史学家的著作揭示了这个国家早期领导人在道德上做出的妥协，以及这个国家初期的脆弱本质。