puerile

英 [ˈpjʊəraɪl]

美 [ˈpjʊrəl]

adj.  愚蠢的; 幼稚的; 孩子气的

GRE医学

BNC.39678 / COCA.36021

牛津词典

adj.

• 愚蠢的；幼稚的；孩子气的
  silly; suitable for a child rather than an adult

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 幼稚的；孩子气的；愚蠢的
  If you describe someone or something aspuerile, you mean that they are silly and childish.
  1. Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile...
     音乐会的组织者指称该乐队的行为愚蠢幼稚。
  2. The story is simple, even puerile.
     故事很简单，甚至有些幼稚。
  3. ...puerile, schoolboy humour.
     既幼稚又学生气的幽默

英英释义

adj

• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  1. adolescent insecurity
  2. jejune responses to our problems
  3. their behavior was juvenile
  4. puerile jokes
  Synonym:adolescentjejunejuvenile
• of or characteristic of a child
  1. puerile breathing

双语例句

• The story is simple, even puerile.
  故事很简单，甚至有些幼稚。
• He can be very puerile when he's had a couple of drinks.
  他喝了几杯酒以后会非常傻气。
• She had me doing things I thought were puerile and degrading.
  她要我干的那些事，我认为既愚蠢又有辱人格。
• Adventurer, by contrast, implies a self-indulgent adrenaline junkie, who scares loved ones by courting puerile risk.
  与之相比，冒险家一词则暗指一个自我放纵的为肾上腺素驱使的瘾君子，总在追求幼稚的惊险，让亲人担惊受怕。
• Marked by or indicatinga lack of maturity; puerile.
  以未成熟为特征或显得未成熟的；幼稚愚蠢的。
• Your euphemisms are so puerile.
  你的委婉说法很幼稚。
• Accordingly, advances in the research of puerile chronic persisting diarrhea in recent years are summarized in etiopathogenisis, pathogenesis and the advancement of treatment.
  因此就近年来对小儿迁延性、慢性腹泻的病因病机研究，及临床治疗进展情况进行归纳综述。
• Americans have a sense of humour too, but it's much more puerile. British men have much better wit. in a very humorous manner.
  美国人也有幽默感，但过于幼稚，英国人更富于机智。以非常富有幽默感的方式。
• But they have often laughed at our puerile and universal ( prevalent) fear.
  然而他们对我们幼稚的，普遍的恐惧感到好笑。
• In my overactive and puerile imagination, every crack of a branch was made by the ghost of some dead soldier.
  我的想象力活跃而天真，在我看来树枝的每一声响动都来自死去士兵的亡灵。