premature

adj

1. uncommonly early or before the expected time

e.g. illness led to his premature death
alcohol brought him to an untimely end

Synonym: untimely

2. too soon or too hasty

e.g. our condemnation of him was a bit previous
a premature judgment

Synonym: previous(p)

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

e.g. a premature infant

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

premature的近义词

e.g. Accidents are still the number one cause of premature 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 a premature 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 is premature when it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate.

e.g. It now seems their optimism was premature...
现在看来他们高兴得太早了。
e.g. I think it's premature 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
A premature baby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born.

e.g. Even very young premature 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 months premature.
我女儿埃玛出生时提前了两个半月。

1. 早产儿：2.早产儿及小于胎龄儿早产儿(premature)系指妊娠期少于37周即出生的婴儿. 小于胎龄儿(sma11 for gestationa1 age,SGA)系指胎儿大小与妊娠月份不符,即新生儿体重为该孕期应有体重第10百分位数以下,或低于平均体重2个标准差,

2. premature的反义词

2. 早熟：所以在西方有中国文化过于早熟(premature)或者发达得过了头(overdeveloped)的说法. 西方人认为中国的科技和文化在11世纪的宋朝达到了颠峰,其后的历史则主要是一个向下的历史. 同时,这也给我们中国人不善于创新、习惯于墨守成规提供了另外一种注脚.

3. premature

3. 過早：他指出,他们也不知道上述的专家将得出怎样的结论,但如果马力英迪亚觉得在这时候提出这方面的问题是过早(premature)的话,就先让有关方面拟定好问题范围.