Something that is premature happens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect.
例句
Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans...交通事故仍然是造成美國(guó)人過早死亡的頭號(hào)因素。His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.因?yàn)橄ドw接二連三地受傷，他的職業(yè)生涯提前結(jié)束了。
ADJ-GRADED
不成熟的；過早的；草率的
You can say that something is premature when it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate.
例句
It now seems their optimism was premature...現(xiàn)在看來他們高興得太早了。I think it's premature for restaurants to come out with that advice.我認(rèn)為餐館提出那樣的建議太草率了。
ADJ-GRADED
早產(chǎn)的
A premature baby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born.
例句
Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence...即使是很小的早產(chǎn)兒也會(huì)對(duì)母親的出現(xiàn)做出反應(yīng)。When my daughter Emma was born she was two and a half months premature.我女兒?，敵錾鷷r(shí)提前了兩個(gè)半月。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
過早的, 提前的, 未到期的
A fire caused the premature closing of the exhibition.火災(zāi)迫使展覽會(huì)提前結(jié)束。It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.預(yù)言這次對(duì)話可能有什么結(jié)果為時(shí)尚早。
早產(chǎn)的
The premature baby is doing well.那個(gè)早產(chǎn)的嬰兒很健康。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
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"