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单词 puerile
释义
puerile
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈpjʊə.raɪl/us
/ˈpjuː.ɚ.ɪl/
behavingin asillyway, not like anadult:
幼稚的，傻气的
Ifindhissenseofhumourratherpuerile.我发现他的幽默感相当傻气。
Synonyms
childishdisapproving
immaturedisapproving
juveniledisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physically and mentally mature & immature
  • adult
  • adulting
  • ageing
  • an old/a wise head on young shouldersidiom
  • babyish
  • childish
  • grown up
  • immature
  • immaturity
  • infantile
  • juvenile
  • mature
  • maturity
  • overgrown
  • petulance
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • puerility
  • sophomoric
  • young at heartidiom
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puerilitynoun
(Definition ofpuerilefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpuerile

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The sequence of positions in the abysmal container of intuitive space, far from creating the idea of infinite, constitutes an almostpueriledelusion of impotence.
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For it can be very bad indeed: sloppy, meandering,puerile, ungrammatical, poorly spelled, badly structured and at times virtually content free.
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If we thus manage to give our authentic impression and our naivepuerileclassification of things, we shall have renewed the world of objects (of subjects of sonic artworks).
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That means that feature films—some of which arepuerilebut others of which are important artistic efforts—are subjugated to the commercial needs of advertiisng.
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Now we have the elementary andpuerilestatement made that we want to reduce unemployment.
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But, with great respect, that nicepuerileanalogy seemed to me to be rather wide of the mark.
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What we are faced with to-day is commonpuerilestupidity.
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Many of us do not like pettifogging andpuerilecomplaints which may be of very short duration.
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It ispuerileto make such a suggestion.
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To try to involve national prestige with a rate is a naive, almostpuerile, approach to these problems.
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To pretend that economic analyses are as simple, as straightforward and as easy as he has been making out is little short ofpuerile.
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I turn to something that may well seem to be apuerileproblem.
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But for this body to come forward and say that it can all be done within a matter of a few weeks, ispuerile.
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It ispuerileto argue in that way.
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I have never heard a morepuerileor weak excuse for a matter involving fundamental civil liberties.
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