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

• 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。
• 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。
• The story is simple, even puerile.
  故事很简单，甚至有些幼稚。
• 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。
• I find her sense of humour rather puerile.
  我发现她的幽默感相当幼稚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A study in applied anatomy of puerile Galen vein
  儿童Galen静脉的应用解剖学研究