Puerile
['pjʊərɪl] or ['pjʊəraɪl]
解释:
(a.) Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
凯西整理
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.[2]. Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.
柏格编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Childish, boyish, infantile, youthful, nonsensical, futile, nugatory, weak,silly, trifling
ANT:Manly, vigorous, effective, powerful, cogent, weighty
布雷特整理
解释:
adj. pertaining to children: childish: trifling: silly.—adv. Pū′erilely.—ns. Pū′erileness Pūeril′ity quality of being puerile: that which is puerile: a childish expression.
哈蒂编辑
例句:
- You two are restless, meddling, impudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is a selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- This puerile feature in a nature which was conspicuously manly had often given rise to comment and conjecture. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Professor Porter deigned to make no response to this puerile inquiry. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It is puerile to say that institutions must be changed from top to bottom and then assume that their victims are prepared to make the change. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
哈蒂编辑