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

• 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。
• 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。
• These discussions have always seemed a bit puerile to me.
  对我而言，这些讨论总是显得有些幼稚。
• 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。
• You two are restless, meddling, imprudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile.
  你们两个都是靠不住的，惹是生非的，天职的恶棍，你们的主要动机就是自私的野心，又危险又无聊。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Americans rarely discuss this topic; after all, rest room habits seem a tad puerile.
  美国人很少讨论这个话题；毕竟，谈论如厕习惯似乎是一种幼稚的行为。
• 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。