premature
英 ['prem?tj??]
美 [,prim?'t??r]
- adj. 早產的；不成熟的；比預期早的
- n. 早產兒；過早發生的事物
中文詞源
premature 早熟的pre-,在前，早于，mature,成熟的。
英文詞源
- premature (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin praematurus "early ripe" (as fruit), "too early, untimely," from prae "before" (see pre-) + maturus "ripe, timely" (see mature (v.)). Related: Prematurely; prematurity; prematuration. Premature ejaculation is attested from 1848; Latin euphemism ejaculatio praecox dates to 1891 in English but was used earlier in German and appears to have been, at first at least, the psychologist's term for it.
雙語例句
- 1. Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans.
- 交通事故仍然是造成美國人過早死亡的頭號因素。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Premature birth is the main cause of perinatal mortality.
- 早產是臨產死亡的主要原因。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is premature to speculate about the resumption of negotiations.
- 現在猜測談判是否會重新開始還為時過早。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I think it's premature for restaurants to come out with that advice.
- 我認為餐館提出那樣的建議太草率了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence.
- 即使是很小的早產兒也會對母親的出現做出反應。
來自柯林斯例句