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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Adolescent insecurity; jejune responses to our problems; their behavior was juvenile; puerile jokes.
  青春期的不安全感；对我们的问题的稚气的回答；他们的行为是幼稚的；孩子气的玩笑。
• 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。