premature的读音

1. born after a gestation period of less than the normal time;

   "a premature infant"
   

2. too soon or too hasty;

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"
   "a premature judgment"
   

3. uncommonly early or before the expected time;

   "illness led to his premature death"
   "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
   

1.过早的；太早的；提前的
Something that ispremature happens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect.

premature的近义词

e.g. Accidents are still the number one cause ofpremature death for Americans...
交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。
e.g. His career was brought to apremature end by a succession of knee injuries.
因为膝盖接二连三地受伤，他的职业生涯提前结束了。

2.不成熟的；过早的；草率的
You can say that something ispremature when it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate.

e.g. It now seems their optimism waspremature...
现在看来他们高兴得太早了。
e.g. I think it'spremature for restaurants to come out with that advice.
我认为餐馆提出那样的建议太草率了。

3.早产的
Apremature baby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born.

e.g. Even very youngpremature babies respond to their mother's presence...
即使是很小的早产儿也会对母亲的出现做出反应。
e.g. When my daughter Emma was born she was two and a half monthspremature.
我女儿埃玛出生时提前了两个半月。

1. The premature baby is doing well.
   那个早产的婴儿很健康。
2. A fire caused the premature closing of the exhibition.
   火灾迫使展览会提前结束。

1. I think your criticism of the new law is a bit premature, as we don't yet know all the details.
   我认为你对这项新法律的批评未免太早了一点,因为我们还不了解全部细节。
2. The final word “goodbye” was premature.
   最后这个“再见”说得太早了。

1. The crop is too premature to harvest.
   庄稼尚未成熟,不能收割。

1. It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.
   预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。

• The white in her hair is premature.

  出自：J. Cheever

• Freud was regretful about his friend's premature death.

  出自：P. Gay