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 stressful job made him go prematurely grey.
  紧张的工作使他的头发过早花白了。
• The royal couple revealed the pregnancy prematurely because of Kate's hospitalization due to severe morning sickness.
  这对皇室夫妇过早地透露怀孕喜讯是因为凯特严重晨吐的住院治疗。
• 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。
• 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。
• And as the previous example shows, you can terminate a process prematurely with kill.
  正如先前的示例所示，您可以用kill提前终止某个进程。
• Their love story may be immortal but they died prematurely.
  他们的爱情可能不朽，但她们人都玩完了。
• Fuses are notoriously unreliable, and grenadiers can die as their own bombs explode prematurely.
  这种臭名昭著的导火线极不可靠，提早爆炸很可能令掷弹兵死在自己的炸弹手里。
• Later, when the trees shed down their fruits prematurely, the Prophet was told about that.
  后来，这些棕榈树的果实由于早熟而脱落，这被告知了先知。
• If you act prematurely, not only does he walk.
  如果你过早地行动，不只会让他逃脱。
• Just to make sure those apples don't become sauce prematurely.
  我只是不想让你的苹果过早地变成苹果酱。