Premature

['premətjʊə] or [,primə'tʃʊr]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) uncommonly early or before the expected time; 'illness led to his premature death'; 'alcohol brought him to an untimely end' .

(adj.) born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; 'a premature infant' .

編輯:马丁--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.

(a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay.

(a.) Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.

伯特伦編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Precocious, too forward, ripe too soon.[2]. Unseasonable, too early.

整理:薇尔玛

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Hasty, crude, unauthenticated, untimely, precocious, precipitate, too_early,rash, unseasonable

ANT:Ripe, timely, seasonable, opportune

編輯:史蒂夫

解釋/意思:

adj. mature before the proper time: happening before the proper time: too soon believed: unauthenticated (as a report).—adv. Prēmatūre′ly.—ns. Prematūr′ity Prēmatūre′ness.

手打:西摩