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

• 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。
• A study in applied anatomy of puerile Galen vein
  儿童Galen静脉的应用解剖学研究
• 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。
• Your euphemisms are so puerile.
  你的委婉说法很幼稚。
• 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。
• 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。
• I find her sense of humour rather puerile.
  我发现她的幽默感相当幼稚。
• 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。
• 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。