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0【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。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
It's a little premature to talk about concluding a deal.
