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untimely

英[ʌn'taɪmli] 美[ʌn'taɪmli]
  • adj. 不合时宜的;比正常情况早的
  • adv. 不合时宜地;过早地
untimelier untimeliest untimeliness
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. badly timed;

    "an ill-timed intervention"
    "you think my intrusion unseasonable"
    "an untimely remark"
    "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

  2. uncommonly early or before the expected time;

    "illness led to his premature death"
    "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"

Adverb:
  1. too soon; in a premature manner;

    "I spoke prematurely"

双语例句

1. Her untimely return could spoil Miss Melville's entire programme for the evening.
她提前回来可能会破坏掉梅尔维尔小姐今晚的整个计划。

来自柯林斯例句

2. His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him.
他母亲的早逝给了他沉重的打击。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She met a tragic and untimely death at 25.
她于25岁时不幸猝然辞世。

来自《权威词典》

4. The untimely death of the engineer delayed the completion of the project.
工程师的过早去世推迟了工程的完工期.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. But that is now an untimely subject.
但那是一个现在不合时宜的题目.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. His untimely intervention annoyed me.
      他那不合时宜的干涉让我生气。
    2. The accident put an untimely end to the party.
      意外事故使聚会匆匆结束了。
    3. Her untimely death at 25 made her parents heartbroken.
      她25岁时英年早逝使她的父母非常伤心。
    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters.
      他是个地道的文人,不逢时地生在一个不需要学问的世界里。

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