Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze and comment on thre

Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze and comment on three adjectives used in the following sentences based on synonym difference in connotation. [A] Look at that little boy. [B] Look at that small boy. [C] Look at that tiny boy.
【正确答案】：

THE THREE ADJECTIVES LITTLE, SMALL, TINY ALL DESCRIBE THE SMALLNESS OF THE BOY. BUT LITTLE SUGGESTS 'ATTRACTIVENESS' AND ' PLEASANTNESS' , TINY IMPLIES THE ABNORMAL GROWTH OF THE CHILD AND SMALL SIMPLY CONVEYS THE IDEA OF BEING NOT BIG. THEREFORE, LITTLE IS APPRECIATIVE, SMALL IS NEUTRAL AND TINY IS DEROGATORY. 

【题目解析】：这三个形容词“little”、“small”、“tiny”都形容这个男孩的小。但little暗示的是“吸引力”和“愉悦”，tiny意味着孩子的异常成长，而small则只是表达了一种不大的意思。所以，"little"是具有欣赏性质的，"small"是表达中立意义的，"tiny"是表示贬义的意思的。