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

• Too much exercise may set a boy's muscles prematurely.
  运动过多可能使孩子的肌肉过早僵化。
• Worry and illness had made him prematurely old.
  他心事重重、疾病缠身，落得个未老先衰。
• The natal care unit at the University of Ontario is testing such a system to monitor babies born prematurely.
  安大略大学的婴儿监护室正在测试这样的一套系统，以对早产儿进行监控。
• According to the air force, the missile merely impacted with the ground prematurely
  根据空军提供的消息，导弹只是提前撞向了地面。
• 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。
• We're all aware that smoking often causes faces to wrinkle prematurely.
  我们都知道，吸烟往往造成面部皱纹过早。
• Yeah, I think you're freaking out a little prematurely.
  嗯，我想你有点紧张过度了。
• Even a tiny increase in the dose of medication can have serious effects& especially in babies born prematurely.
  即使轻微的增加药物的剂量可能产生严重的后果，特别是对早产儿而言。
• 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。
• 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。