(adv.) too soon; in a premature manner; 'I spoke prematurely'.
(adv.) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; 'the child was born prematurely'.
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双语例句
Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer had come to glorify me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
The whole indecorous threadbare ruin, from the broken shoes to the prematurely-grey scanty hair, grovelled. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
She would proceed impetuously and prematurely to obtain for him this dignity, if he would let her, but he will not. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
But he applied that maxim to our marriage, my dear; and that was so far prematurely entered into, in consequence, that I never recovered the expense. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Ah, my beloved readers and brethren, do not envy poor Becky prematurely--glory like this is said to be fugitive. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
This involved some slipping and consequent burning of belts; also, if the belt were prematurely tightened, the burning-out of the armature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
But he died prematurely of diphtheria, and Rosamond afterwards married an elderly and wealthy physician, who took kindly to her four children. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Do I not know the Grand Mystery is likely to burst prematurely on me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
The lesson was not lost, then, though it came so prematurely. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
But the face was in the main one face, and every head was prematurely white. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
It was that which first unnerved my arms and permitted the infant I might have retained a while longer to be snatched prematurely from their embrace. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
He was prematurely bald on the top of his head, and had bushy black eyebrows that wouldn't lie down but stood up bristling. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
In reference, proceeds the Chancellor, still on Jarndyce and Jarndyce, to the young girl-- Begludship's pardon--boy, says Mr. Tangle prematurely. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
I am sure you would be the last woman to marry again prematurely, if our dear Rector were taken away. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.