Word · Frequency #11200
prematurely
过早地；太早
Too soon or too early; before the proper or expected time.
- 1.
In a premature manner; too soon or too early.
过早地。
- 2.
(of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
(指分娩)在正常妊娠期结束之前
- 3.
too soon; in a premature manner
过早地；时机未到地
早产地；未足月地；过早地。；(指分娩)在正常妊娠期结束之前；过早地；时机未到地；过早地
In use
He stopped the project prematurely, before it could show any results.
The flowers bloomed prematurely due to the unusually warm weather.
She decided to retire prematurely at the age of 50.
the child was born prematurely
I spoke prematurely
be born prematurely
用于分娩，指婴儿在正常妊娠期结束前出生。
The baby was born prematurely at 34 weeks.
这个婴儿在34周时早产了。
verb + prematurely
表示某事发生得太早，通常带有负面评价。
The company launched the app prematurely before fixing the bugs.
Connections
Collocations
- born prematurely
- 早产；过早出生
- Their daughter was born prematurely at 32 weeks.他们的女儿在32周时早产出生。
- die prematurely
- 过早去世；英年早逝
- The talented musician died prematurely at the age of 27.这位才华横溢的音乐家在27岁时英年早逝。
- end prematurely
- 提前结束；过早终止
- The match ended prematurely because of heavy rain.比赛因大雨提前结束。
- age prematurely
- 过早衰老
- Constant stress can cause skin to age prematurely.持续的压力会使皮肤过早衰老。
- retire prematurely
- 过早退休
- He decided to retire prematurely due to health problems.他因健康问题决定过早退休。
- go prematurely gray
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pre（提前）+ mature（成熟）+ ly：还没成熟就提前发生，就是“过早地”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical and obstetric contexts、journalism and formal writing、general written English prematurely 是中性偏正式的常用副词，通常用于表示某事过早发生，或在医学语境中指婴儿早产；日常口语中更常说 too early，但在书面、新闻和医学语境中比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These six adverbs all rhyme with prematurely: their stressed vowel and the following /li/ match (/ʊrli/). Maturely and immaturely share the exact spelling chunk -maturely, while securely, obscurely, surely, and purely share only the final -urely and differ in the consonant before it. Beware lookalikes such as naturally /ˈnætʃərəli/ and literally /ˈlɪtərəli/, which end in a different sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.