pamper

Compared meaning: to be too kind or indulgent toward someone (verb).

比较义项：过分纵容、娇惯（某人）（动词）。

• baby

  Refers to treating someone, often an adult, like a young child by giving overly gentle care; implies they don't need it and often appears in objections like "don't baby me."

  指把某人（通常是成年人）当作小孩子一样对待，给予过度温柔的照顾；暗示对方并不需要这种照顾，常出现在“别把我当孩子哄”这类反驳的话里。

  Grandpa still babies my little brother, even though he's already a teenager.

  尽管弟弟已经是十几岁的少年了，爷爷还是像哄小孩一样宠着他。

• spoil

  Most often used for indulging a child or pet by giving them whatever they want too easily; strongly implies a bad result — the child becomes spoiled, meaning badly behaved.

  最常用于纵容孩子或宠物，事事顺着他们、给得太容易；强烈暗示不好的结果——孩子因此被宠坏，也就是变得任性、难管教。

  They spoil their dog by giving it treats every time it barks.

  他们只要狗一叫就给它零食吃，这样溺爱它。

• pamper 本词

  Means giving someone luxurious, comfortable treatment that caters to their wishes, often for self-care or spa-like indulgence; the tone is positive or neutral, without any sense of bad behavior.

  指给予某人奢侈、周到的照顾，满足他们的愿望，常用于自我犒劳或美容护理般的享受；语气是正面或中性的，不含“行为变坏”的意味。

  She pampers herself with a bubble bath every Friday evening.

  她每周五晚上都会用泡泡浴好好纵容自己一次。

Baby, spoil and pamper can all mean being indulgent toward someone, but they differ. Baby means treating an adult like a child, as in don't baby me. Spoil means indulging a child too easily, so the child becomes badly behaved. Pamper means giving luxurious care.

这三个词都能表示“过分纵容、娇惯某人”，但语气和对象不同：baby强调把人（常是成年人）当婴儿一样呵护，带调侃或不满语气；spoil最常用于纵容孩子或宠物，暗示会带来负面后果；pamper强调给予奢侈周到的照顾，多用于自我犒劳，语气偏正面。这里不比较spoil“损坏、变质”的义项。