Puerile

(adj.) of or characteristic of a child; 'puerile breathing' .

录入:斯蒂芬妮

• You two are restless, meddling, impudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is a selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This puerile feature in a nature which was conspicuously manly had often given rise to comment and conjecture. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Professor Porter deigned to make no response to this puerile inquiry. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It is puerile to say that institutions must be changed from top to bottom and then assume that their victims are prepared to make the change. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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