premature
adjective /ˈpremətʃə(r)/
/ˌpriːməˈtʃʊr/, /ˌpriːməˈtʊr/
- happening before the normal or expected time
未成熟的；过早的；提前的 - his premature death at the age of 37
他 37 岁时早逝 - Because of injury, her playing career came to a premature end in 2008.
因为受伤，她的演奏生涯在2008年过早结束。 - The incident brought the game to a premature conclusion.
那个事故使比赛草草收场。
- his premature death at the age of 37
- (of a birth or a baby
生产或婴儿 早产的 - The baby was four weeks premature.
这个婴儿早产了四周。 - a premature birth after only thirty weeks
怀孕仅三十周的早产
Wordfinder- baby
- birth
- child
- dummy
- feed
- incubator
- nappy
- pram
- premature
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Topics Life stagesc1- She was born slightly premature.
她出生稍早。 - a very premature baby
非常早产的婴儿
- The baby was four weeks premature.
- happening or made too soon
草率的；仓促的 - a premature conclusion/decision/judgement
草率的结论／决定／判断 - It is premature to talk about success at this stage.
现阶段就谈成功尚为时过早。
- The decision proved premature.
这个决定被证明是不成熟的。 - We should investigate further, rather than make a premature judgement.
我们应该进一步调查，而不是过早做出判断。
- a premature conclusion/decision/judgement
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, mature’): from Latin praematurus ‘very early’, from prae ‘before’ + maturus ‘ripe’.