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premature 音标拼音: [pr,imətʃ'ʊr] a. 早熟的,过早的,不按时的
n. 早产儿,早发 早熟的,过早的,不按时的早产儿,早发 premature adj 1: born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" [ant: {full-term}] 2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [synonym: {previous(p)}, {premature}] 3: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [synonym: {premature}, {untimely}] Premature \Pre`ma*ture"\, a. [L. praematurus; prae before maturus ripe. See {Mature}.] 1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. [1913 Webster] 2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay. [1913 Webster] 3. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report. [1913 Webster] -- {Pre`ma*ture"ly}, adv. -- {Pre`ma*ture"ness}, n. [1913 Webster] 69 Moby Thesaurus words for "premature":
a bit previous, advanced, beforehand, early, far ahead, forward, green, half-baked, half-cocked, hasty, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, immature, improper, impulsive, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, malapropos, mistimed, not firm, off base, out of line, out of phase, out of time, overhasty, oversoon, precipitate, precocious, previous, rushed, soon, too early, too late, too soon, unbefitting, uncrystallized, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfledged, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unjelled, unlucky, unmatured, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprepared, unpropitious, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, wrong
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