puerile

• adj. 幼稚的；孩子气的；未成熟的；天真的

来自拉丁语puer,小孩，儿童，来自PIE*pau,小的，词源同few,pupil.

1. of or characteristic of a child;

"puerile breathing"

2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity;

"adolescent insecurity"

"jejune responses to our problems"

"their behavior was juvenile"

"puerile jokes"

puerile

puerile: [17] Latin puer denoted ‘child’, or more specifically ‘boy’ (like Greek pais ‘child’, source of English paediatric, pedagogue, etc, it came ultimately from a base which signified ‘smallness’, and also gave English pusillanimous). The derived adjective puerīlis ‘childlike’ began to acquire its negative connotations in Latin, and brought them with it into English. The related puerperal ‘of childbirth’ [18] comes from a Latin compound formed from puer and parere ‘give birth’ (source of English parent).
=> pusillanimous

puerile (adj.)

1660s, "youthful, boyish," a back-formation from puerility, or else from French puéril (15c.), from Latin puerilis "boyish; childish," from puer "boy, child" (see puerility). Disparaging sense, "juvenile, immature," is from 1680s.

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。

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The story is simple, even puerile.

故事很简单，甚至有些幼稚。

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She was tired of answering these puerile questions.

她回答这些幼稚的问题觉得不胜其烦.

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He said that he never heard anything so puerile before.

他说他从没听过这样幼稚可笑的话.

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He was more interested in states of mind than in " puerile superstitions, Gothic castles, and chimeras. "

他乐于描写心情, 而不愿意描写 “ 无聊的迷信, 尖拱式的堡垒和妖魔鬼怪. ”

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Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile.

以未成熟为特征或显得未成熟的; 幼稚愚蠢的.

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A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked a tear of disappointment and impatience.

我看啊看的,一滴孩子气的眼泪使我的眼睛模糊了.那是一滴失望和焦急的眼泪.

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These discussions have always seemed a bit puerile to me.

对我而言,这些讨论总是显得有些幼稚.

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The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men.

这种信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意识中产生的.

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At their most puerile , games are a grand hack.

在他们最纯真的, 游戏是一辆华丽的马车.

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He was trying to give puerile excuses.

他给出的借口总是愚蠢至极.

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Puerile cerebral palsy is syndrome of cerebra trauma, which is concomitant with functional obstacles and hypogenesis.

小儿脑性瘫痪是一种大脑受损的综合症, 伴有多种功能障碍和发育缺陷.

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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.

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Puerile chronic persisting diarrhea is a kind of common disease.

迁延性、慢性腹泻是小儿常见病,病因复杂,发病率高.

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His puerile pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.

他幼稚的恶作剧有时得罪他更加成熟的朋友.

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The story is simple, even puerile.

故事很简单，甚至有些幼稚。

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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。

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