Puerile
['pjʊərɪl] or ['pjʊəraɪl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
凯西整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.[2]. Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.
柏格編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Childish, boyish, infantile, youthful, nonsensical, futile, nugatory, weak,silly, trifling
ANT:Manly, vigorous, effective, powerful, cogent, weighty
布雷特整理
解釋/意思:
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.
哈蒂編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 雪麗.
- This puerile feature in a nature which was conspicuously manly had often given rise to comment and conjecture. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- Professor Porter deigned to make no response to this puerile inquiry. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
哈蒂編輯