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

• Your euphemisms are so puerile.
  你的委婉说法很幼稚。
• 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。
• Puerile cerebral palsy is syndrome of cerebra trauma, which is concomitant with functional obstacles and hypogenesis.
  小儿脑性瘫痪是一种大脑受损的综合症，伴有多种功能障碍和发育缺陷。
• 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。
• They are called fathers and mothers by the civil code, which is puerile and honest.
  在幼稚而诚实的民法里，那叫做父亲和母亲。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our country to taxpayer right legal theory study compared to other countries started quite late, in its theoretical aspects of research or compare puerile.
  我国对纳税人知情权法律制度理论的研究相比较其他国家而言起步较晚，在其理论方面的研究还是比较稚嫩。
• His newspapers mounted a puerile campaign against him.
  他的报纸发动了一场反对他的愚蠢而幼稚的运动。
• 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。