puerile

🇬🇧 UK/'pjuәrail/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Childishly silly or immature; not appropriate for an adult

幼稚的,孩子气的,不成熟的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
puerroot
+
ilecapable of, relating to
=puerile

Common Collocations

  • 1.puerile humor幼稚的幽默
  • 2.puerile behavior孩子气的行为
  • 3.[puerile remarks]幼稚的言论
  • 4.puerile nonsense幼稚的胡言乱语

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His puerile jokes made the professional meeting feel like a schoolyard.

  • 2.

    The critic dismissed the film as puerile entertainment with no artistic merit.

  • 3.

    Such puerile behavior is completely unacceptable from a senior manager.

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