puerile
英 ['pj??r?l]
美['pj??ra?l]
- adj. 幼稚的；孩子氣的；未成熟的；天真的
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
puerile 孩子氣的
來自拉丁語puer,小孩，兒童，來自PIE*pau,小的，詞源同few,pupil.
英英釋意
- 1. of or characteristic of a child;
- "puerile breathing"
- 2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;
- "adolescent insecurity"
- "jejune responses to our problems"
- "their behavior was juvenile"
- "puerile jokes"
英文詞源
- puerile
- puerile: [17] Latin puer denoted ‘child’, or more specifically ‘boy’ (like Greek pais ‘child’, source of English paediatric, pedagogue, etc, it came ultimately from a base which signified ‘smallness’, and also gave English pusillanimous). The derived adjective puerīlis ‘childlike’ began to acquire its negative connotations in Latin, and brought them with it into English. The related puerperal ‘of childbirth’ [18] comes from a Latin compound formed from puer and parere ‘give birth’ (source of English parent).
=> pusillanimous - puerile (adj.)
- 1660s, "youthful, boyish," a back-formation from puerility, or else from French puéril (15c.), from Latin puerilis "boyish; childish," from puer "boy, child" (see puerility). Disparaging sense, "juvenile, immature," is from 1680s.
實用場景例句
- Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile...
- 音樂會的組織者指稱該樂隊的行為愚蠢幼稚。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The story is simple, even puerile.
- 故事很簡單，甚至有些幼稚。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- She was tired of answering these puerile questions.
- 她回答這些幼稚的問題覺得不勝其煩.
期刊摘選
- He said that he never heard anything so puerile before.
- 他說他從沒聽過這樣幼稚可笑的話.
期刊摘選
- He was more interested in states of mind than in " puerile superstitions, Gothic castles, and chimeras. "
- 他樂于描寫心情, 而不愿意描寫 “ 無聊的迷信, 尖拱式的堡壘和妖魔鬼怪. ”
辭典例句
- Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile.
- 以未成熟為特征或顯得未成熟的; 幼稚愚蠢的.
期刊摘選
- A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked a tear of disappointment and impatience.
- 我看啊看的,一滴孩子氣的眼淚使我的眼睛模糊了.那是一滴失望和焦急的眼淚.
辭典例句
- These discussions have always seemed a bit puerile to me.
- 對我而言,這些討論總是顯得有些幼稚.
期刊摘選
- The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men.
- 這種信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意識中產(chǎn)生的.
辭典例句
- At their most puerile , games are a grand hack.
- 在他們最純真的, 游戲是一輛華麗的馬車.
期刊摘選
- He was trying to give puerile excuses.
- 他給出的借口總是愚蠢至極.
期刊摘選
- Puerile cerebral palsy is syndrome of cerebra trauma, which is concomitant with functional obstacles and hypogenesis.
- 小兒腦性癱瘓是一種大腦受損的綜合癥, 伴有多種功能障礙和發(fā)育缺陷.
期刊摘選
- They are called fathers and mothers by the civil code, which is puerile and honest.
- 在幼稚而誠實的民法里, 那叫做父親和母親.
期刊摘選
- Puerile chronic persisting diarrhea is a kind of common disease.
- 遷延性、慢性腹瀉是小兒常見病,病因復(fù)雜,發(fā)病率高.
期刊摘選
- His puerile pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.
- 他幼稚的惡作劇有時得罪他更加成熟的朋友.
期刊摘選
- The story is simple, even puerile.
- 故事很簡單，甚至有些幼稚。
辭典例句
- Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile.
- 音樂會的組織者指稱該樂隊的行為愚蠢幼稚。
柯林斯例句