| 词汇 | puerile |
| 释义 | puerile adjective disapprovinguk /ˈpjʊə.raɪl/ us /ˈpjuː.ɚ.ɪl/ behaving in a silly way, not like an adult: 幼稚的，傻气的 I find his sense of humour rather puerile.我发现他的幽默感相当傻气。 Synonyms childishdisapproving immaturedisapproving juveniledisapproving Physically and mentally mature & immature adult adulting ageing babyish childish immature immaturely immaturity infantile juvenile mature maturity overgrown petulance petulancy petulant petulantly secondary sexual characteristic sophomoric young at heartidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Stupid and silly Related wordpuerilitynoun Examples of puerilepuerile The sequence of positions in the abysmal container of intuitive space, far from creating the idea of infinite, constitutes an almost puerile delusion of impotence. For it can be very bad indeed: sloppy, meandering, puerile, ungrammatical, poorly spelled, badly structured and at times virtually content free. If we thus manage to give our authentic impression and our naive puerile classification of things, we shall have renewed the world of objects (of subjects of sonic artworks). That means that feature films—some of which are puerile but others of which are important artistic efforts—are subjugated to the commercial needs of advertiisng. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we have the elementary and puerile statement made that we want to reduce unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, with great respect, that nice puerile analogy seemed to me to be rather wide of the mark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we are faced with to-day is common puerile stupidity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us do not like pettifogging and puerile complaints which may be of very short duration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is puerile to make such a suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To try to involve national prestige with a rate is a naive, almost puerile, approach to these problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To pretend that economic analyses are as simple, as straightforward and as easy as he has been making out is little short of puerile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I turn to something that may well seem to be a puerile problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But for this body to come forward and say that it can all be done within a matter of a few weeks, is puerile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is puerile to argue in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never heard a more puerile or weak excuse for a matter involving fundamental civil liberties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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