【句子】Oh, well, that announcement was a bit premature.  【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/əʊ/  /wel/ /ðæt/ /əˈnaʊn.smənt/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /ə/ /bɪt/ /ˌpriːm.əˈtʃʊər/

【发音技巧】that announcement连读+闪音；was a连读；bit premature失去爆破；

【翻译】喔！那份通告出得早了点。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这个词：premature的用法。

在英文中mature有“成熟的”这样的意思，而pre-这样的前缀，表示“在……前面”；

所以premature可以理解成：“未成熟的；早熟的；过早的”；

happening before the normal or expected time；

比如说：

eg: a premature baby  

一个早产儿

eg: The baby was four weeks premature.

这个婴儿早产了四个周。

eg: We were shocked by his premature death at the age of 37.

他37岁就英年早逝了，我们颇为震惊。

eg: Because of injury, her playing career came to a premature end in 1998.

因为受伤，她的演艺事业在1998年就提前结束了。

eg: I suppose this is a premature conclusion.

我觉得这个结论下得为时过早。

eg: It is premature to talk about success at this stage.

现阶段谈论成功还为时过早。

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It's a little premature to talk about concluding a deal.