Prematurely
['premətʃəlɪ] or [,primə'tjʊrli]
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
ad. Precociously, too early, too soon.
校對:韦恩
例句/造句/用法:
- Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer had come to glorify me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The whole indecorous threadbare ruin, from the broken shoes to the prematurely-grey scanty hair, grovelled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 雪麗.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- This involved some slipping and consequent burning of belts; also, if the belt were prematurely tightened, the burning-out of the armature. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But he died prematurely of diphtheria, and Rosamond afterwards married an elderly and wealthy physician, who took kindly to her four children. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Do I not know the Grand Mystery is likely to burst prematurely on me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The lesson was not lost, then, though it came so prematurely. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But the face was in the main one face, and every head was prematurely white. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 雪麗.
- He was prematurely bald on the top of his head, and had bushy black eyebrows that wouldn't lie down but stood up bristling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- In reference, proceeds the Chancellor, still on Jarndyce and Jarndyce, to the young girl-- Begludship's pardon--boy, says Mr. Tangle prematurely. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I am sure you would be the last woman to marry again prematurely, if our dear Rector were taken away. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
校對:韦恩