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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was tired of answering these puerile questions.
  她回答这些幼稚的问题觉得不胜其烦。
• I find her sense of humour rather puerile.
  我发现她的幽默感相当幼稚。
• Marked by or indicatinga lack of maturity; puerile.
  以未成熟为特征或显得未成熟的；幼稚愚蠢的。
• 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。
• But they have often laughed at our puerile and universal ( prevalent) fear.
  然而他们对我们幼稚的，普遍的恐惧感到好笑。