puerile
英 [ˈpjʊəraɪl] 美 [ˈpjʊrəl]

adj.

幼稚的，孩子气的，愚蠢的；

adv.

幼稚地，孩子气地；

英英释义

puerile[ 'pjuərail, -ril ]

• adj.
  • of or characteristic of a child

    "puerile breathing"

  • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

    "puerile jokes"

    同义词：adolescentjejunejuvenile

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. He was trying to give puerile excuses.
   他给出的借口总是愚蠢至极。
2. She was tired of answering these puerile questions.
   她回答这些幼稚的问题觉得不胜其烦.
3. John made mincemeat of all her arguments, and said that he had never heard anything so puerile before.
   约翰把她的论点驳得体无完肤，并说他从来没有听过这样幼稚可笑的道理。

权威例句

puerile
Puerile respiration: Laennec's stethoscope and the physiology of breathing.
‘Peddlin Noh puerile parchment of Etninicty’: Questioning performance in new black British poetry
Thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism, prudent or puerile?
Experiments on puerile nations, or the impossibility of surpassing your father: the case of the Anglo‐Greek dialogue
Poised between the pedantic and the puerile: Physicians‐to‐be in a problem‐based learning program
Diagnosis of Puerile Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Xichang City,Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan Province
Case Report: Thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism, prudent or puerile?
Clinical Characteristic Comparison Between the Puerile and Adult Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
The application of method for assessing bone age of Chinese children to out-patient clinic of puerile growth and development