Prematurely
['premətʃəlɪ] or [,primə'tjʊrli]
解释:
(adv.) too soon; in a premature manner; 'I spoke prematurely'.
(adv.) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; 'the child was born prematurely'.
巴顿整理--From WordNet
同义词及近义词:
ad. Precociously, too early, too soon.
校对:韦恩
例句:
- Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer had come to glorify me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The whole indecorous threadbare ruin, from the broken shoes to the prematurely-grey scanty hair, grovelled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She would proceed impetuously and prematurely to obtain for him this dignity, if he would let her, but he will not. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- But he applied that maxim to our marriage, my dear; and that was so far prematurely entered into, in consequence, that I never recovered the expense. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Ah, my beloved readers and brethren, do not envy poor Becky prematurely--glory like this is said to be fugitive. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- This involved some slipping and consequent burning of belts; also, if the belt were prematurely tightened, the burning-out of the armature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But he died prematurely of diphtheria, and Rosamond afterwards married an elderly and wealthy physician, who took kindly to her four children. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Do I not know the Grand Mystery is likely to burst prematurely on me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The lesson was not lost, then, though it came so prematurely. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- But the face was in the main one face, and every head was prematurely white. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It was that which first unnerved my arms and permitted the infant I might have retained a while longer to be snatched prematurely from their embrace. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He was prematurely bald on the top of his head, and had bushy black eyebrows that wouldn't lie down but stood up bristling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- In reference, proceeds the Chancellor, still on Jarndyce and Jarndyce, to the young girl-- Begludship's pardon--boy, says Mr. Tangle prematurely. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I am sure you would be the last woman to marry again prematurely, if our dear Rector were taken away. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
校对:韦恩