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

• Adventurer, by contrast, implies a self-indulgent adrenaline junkie, who scares loved ones by courting puerile risk.
  与之相比，冒险家一词则暗指一个自我放纵的为肾上腺素驱使的瘾君子，总在追求幼稚的惊险，让亲人担惊受怕。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was tired of answering these puerile questions.
  她回答这些幼稚的问题觉得不胜其烦。
• 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。
• Ylt has a better curative effect on treating pyretic Dyspepsia-Lung syndrome and is used comprehensively in pediatric disease such as infantile cold, infantile pneumonia, puerile recurrent respiratory infection and so on.
  该方在临床上治疗肺与胃肠积热证具有较好疗效，尤其在儿科疾病中应用广泛，如小儿外感、小儿肺炎、小儿反复呼吸道感染等。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。