prematurely

英 [ˌprɛməˈtjʊəli]

美 [ˌpriməˈtʃʊrli]

adv.  早熟地

BNC.11200 / COCA.11682

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过早的；太早的；提前的
  Something that isprematurehappens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect.
  1. Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans...
     交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。
  2. His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.
     因为膝盖接二连三地受伤，他的职业生涯提前结束了。
  3. ...a twenty-four-year-old man who suffered from premature baldness.
     过早脱发的24岁男子
• ADJ-GRADED 不成熟的；过早的；草率的
  You can say that something isprematurewhen it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate.
  1. It now seems their optimism was premature...
     现在看来他们高兴得太早了。
  2. I think it's premature for restaurants to come out with that advice.
     我认为餐馆提出那样的建议太草率了。
• ADJ-GRADED 早产的
  Aprematurebaby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born.
  1. Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence...
     即使是很小的早产儿也会对母亲的出现做出反应。
  2. When my daughter Emma was born she was two and a half months premature.
     我女儿埃玛出生时提前了两个半月。

英英释义

adv

• too soon
  1. I spoke prematurely
  Synonym:untimely
• (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
  1. the child was born prematurely

双语例句

• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black.
  他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。
• The natal care unit at the University of Ontario is testing such a system to monitor babies born prematurely.
  安大略大学的婴儿监护室正在测试这样的一套系统，以对早产儿进行监控。
• His frame bowed prematurely.
  他的背过早地弯了。
• To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely.
  使提前或突然发生使发生，尤指突然或过早地发生。
• She went into labour and prematurely gave birth.
  她临盆并早产了。
• We're all aware that smoking often causes faces to wrinkle prematurely.
  我们都知道，吸烟往往造成面部皱纹过早。
• Many persons frightened by the darkness move to the light prematurely.
  很多人们因黑暗而恐惧，所以过早的移动进入光。
• According to the air force, the missile merely impacted with the ground prematurely
  根据空军提供的消息，导弹只是提前撞向了地面。
• That causes your test to terminate prematurely, too, of course.
  当然，那也将导致你的测试过早地终止。
• Yeah, I think you're freaking out a little prematurely.
  嗯，我想你有点紧张过度了。