←

premature

adjective
🔊/ˈpremətʃə(r)/
🔊/ˌpriːməˈtʃʊr/, 🔊/ˌpriːməˈtʊr/
jump to other results
  1. happening before the normal or expected time未成熟的；过早的；提前的
    • his premature death at the age of 37他 37 岁时早逝
    • Because of injury, her playing career came to a premature end in 2008.由于受伤，她的职业生涯在2008年提前结束。
    • The incident brought the game to a premature conclusion.那个事故使比赛草草收场。
  2. (of a birth or a baby生产或婴儿) happening or being born before the normal length of pregnancy has been completed早产的
    • The baby was four weeks premature.这个婴儿早产了四周。🔊🔊
    • a premature birth after only thirty weeks怀孕仅三十周的早产
    Wordfinder
    Extra Examples
    • She was born slightly premature.她天生早。
    • a very premature baby一个非常早产的婴儿
    Topics Life stagesc1
  3. happening or made too soon草率的；仓促的
    • a premature conclusion/decision/judgement草率的结论／决定／判断
    • It is premature to talk about success at this stage.现阶段就谈成功尚为时过早。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The decision proved premature.这项决定为时过早。
    • We should investigate further, rather than make a premature judgement.我们应该做进一步的调查，而不是做出过早的判断。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, mature’): from Latin praematurus ‘very early’, from prae ‘before’ + maturus ‘ripe’.