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。
• Research on Yang Shiying's Academic Concept about Puerile Spleen-stomach
  杨士瀛儿科脾胃学术思想研究
• A study in applied anatomy of puerile Galen vein
  儿童Galen静脉的应用解剖学研究
• They are called fathers and mothers by the civil code, which is puerile and honest.
  在幼稚而诚实的民法里，那叫做父亲和母亲。
• 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。
• But they have often laughed at our puerile and universal ( prevalent) fear.
  然而他们对我们幼稚的，普遍的恐惧感到好笑。
• 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。
• Americans rarely discuss this topic; after all, rest room habits seem a tad puerile.
  美国人很少讨论这个话题；毕竟，谈论如厕习惯似乎是一种幼稚的行为。
• 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。
• She was tired of answering these puerile questions.
  她回答这些幼稚的问题觉得不胜其烦。