puerile

英 [ˈpjʊəraɪl]

美 [ˈpjʊrəl]

adj.  愚蠢的; 幼稚的; 孩子气的

GRE医学

BNC.39678 / COCA.36021

牛津词典

adj.

• 愚蠢的；幼稚的；孩子气的
  silly; suitable for a child rather than an adult

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 幼稚的；孩子气的；愚蠢的
  If you describe someone or something aspuerile, you mean that they are silly and childish.
  1. Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile...
     音乐会的组织者指称该乐队的行为愚蠢幼稚。
  2. The story is simple, even puerile.
     故事很简单，甚至有些幼稚。
  3. ...puerile, schoolboy humour.
     既幼稚又学生气的幽默

英英释义

adj

• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  1. adolescent insecurity
  2. jejune responses to our problems
  3. their behavior was juvenile
  4. puerile jokes
  Synonym:adolescentjejunejuvenile
• of or characteristic of a child
  1. puerile breathing

双语例句

• Business, increased newspaper revenue, through the shareholding system and extended the industrial chain, using the puerile, none other readers to join the public service and other ways to enhance circulation, ordering to ensure the economic independence of newspapers.
  经营上，通过股份制和延伸产业链增加报社收入，采用薄利多销、让利读者、投身公益等方式提高发行量，来保证报社经济的独立。
• Marked by or indicatinga lack of maturity; puerile.
  以未成熟为特征或显得未成熟的；幼稚愚蠢的。
• Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile
  音乐会的组织者指称该乐队的行为愚蠢幼稚。
• Americans have a sense of humour too, but it's much more puerile. British men have much better wit. in a very humorous manner.
  美国人也有幽默感，但过于幼稚，英国人更富于机智。以非常富有幽默感的方式。
• He can be very puerile when he's had a couple of drinks.
  他喝了几杯酒以后会非常傻气。
• A study in applied anatomy of puerile Galen vein
  儿童Galen静脉的应用解剖学研究
• His newspapers mounted a puerile campaign against him.
  他的报纸发动了一场反对他的愚蠢而幼稚的运动。
• Adolescent insecurity; jejune responses to our problems; their behavior was juvenile; puerile jokes.
  青春期的不安全感；对我们的问题的稚气的回答；他们的行为是幼稚的；孩子气的玩笑。
• You two are restless, meddling, imprudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile.
  你们两个都是靠不住的，惹是生非的，天职的恶棍，你们的主要动机就是自私的野心，又危险又无聊。
• However, the research in this area is still carried out in a puerile way.
  但这一领域的研究仍在幼稚地前行。