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

• 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。
• Research on Yang Shiying's Academic Concept about Puerile Spleen-stomach
  杨士瀛儿科脾胃学术思想研究
• She was tired of answering these puerile questions.
  她回答这些幼稚的问题觉得不胜其烦。
• Ylt has a better curative effect on treating pyretic Dyspepsia-Lung syndrome and is used comprehensively in pediatric disease such as infantile cold, infantile pneumonia, puerile recurrent respiratory infection and so on.
  该方在临床上治疗肺与胃肠积热证具有较好疗效，尤其在儿科疾病中应用广泛，如小儿外感、小儿肺炎、小儿反复呼吸道感染等。
• 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。
• Your euphemisms are so puerile.
  你的委婉说法很幼稚。
• However, the research in this area is still carried out in a puerile way.
  但这一领域的研究仍在幼稚地前行。
• 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。
• Adolescent insecurity; jejune responses to our problems; their behavior was juvenile; puerile jokes.
  青春期的不安全感；对我们的问题的稚气的回答；他们的行为是幼稚的；孩子气的玩笑。
• We re-credit, keep the contract, to ensure product quality, variety principles of operating characteristics and puerile, and win the trust of our customers.
  我们重信用、守合同、保证产品质量，以多品种经营特色和薄利多销的原则，赢得了广大客户的信任。