premature
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Something that is premature happens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect. 提早的
Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans. 事故仍然是美國人非自然死亡的首要原因。
His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries. 他的職業(yè)生涯因連續(xù)的膝傷過早地結(jié)束了。
2. prematurelyADV 提早地
The war and the years in the harsh mountains had prematurely aged him. 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和深山老林的嵗月使他提早衰老了。
3. ADJ You can say that something is premature when it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate. 過早的
It now seems their optimism was premature. 目前,他們的樂觀好像還爲(wèi)時(shí)過早。
4. prematurelyADV 過早地
He was careful not to celebrate prematurely. 他很謹(jǐn)慎,沒有過早地?cái)H行慶?;顒?dòng)。
5. ADJ A premature baby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born. 早産的
Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence. 即使很小的早産兒也會(huì)對(duì)母親的在場(chǎng)有所反應(yīng)。
6. prematurelyADV 早産地[ADV after v]
Danny was born prematurely, weighing only 3lb 3oz. 丹尼是早産的,躰重衹有3磅3盎司。
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劍橋詞典
- happening or done too soon , especially before the natural or suitable time
過早的;不成熟的;倉促的
premature birth /death 早産/夭折
a premature baby 早産兒
Their criticisms seem premature considering that the results aren't yet known . 鋻於結(jié)果尚未知曉,他們的批評(píng)似乎爲(wèi)時(shí)過早。 返回 premature