premature

1. ADJ Something that is premature happens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect. 提早的

Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans. 事故仍然是美國(guó)人非自然死亡的首要原因。

His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries. 他的職業(yè)生涯因連續(xù)的膝傷過(guò)早地結(jié)束了。

2. prematurelyADV 提早地

The war and the years in the harsh mountains had prematurely aged him. 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和深山老林的嵗月使他提早衰老了。

3. ADJ You can say that something is premature when it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate. 過(guò)早的

It now seems their optimism was premature. 目前，他們的樂(lè)觀好像還爲(wèi)時(shí)過(guò)早。

4. prematurelyADV 過(guò)早地

He was careful not to celebrate prematurely. 他很謹(jǐn)慎，沒(méi)有過(guò)早地?cái)H行慶?；顒?dòng)。

5. ADJ A premature baby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born. 早産的

Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence. 即使很小的早産兒也會(huì)對(duì)母親的在場(chǎng)有所反應(yīng)。

6. prematurelyADV 早産地[ADV after v]

Danny was born prematurely, weighing only 3lb 3oz. 丹尼是早産的，躰重衹有3磅3盎司。