untimely

英 [ʌnˈtaɪmli]

美 [ʌnˈtaɪmli]

adj.  过早的; 不到时间的; 突然的; 不合时宜的; 不适时的

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BNC.19432 / COCA.18080

牛津词典

adj.

• 过早的；不到时间的；突然的
  happening too soon or sooner than is normal or expected
  1. She met a tragic and untimely death at 25.
     她于25岁时不幸猝然辞世。
• 不合时宜的；不适时的
  happening at a time or in a situation that is not suitable
  1. His interruption was untimely.
     他的插话不是时候。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 过早的；提早的；未到期的
  If you describe an event asuntimely, you mean that it happened earlier than it should, or sooner than you expected.
  1. His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him...
     他母亲的早逝给了他沉重的打击。
  2. Her untimely return could spoil Miss Melville's entire programme for the evening.
     她提前回来可能会破坏掉梅尔维尔小姐今晚的整个计划。
• ADJ 不适时的；不合时宜的
  You can describe something asuntimelyif it happens at an unsuitable time.
  1. ...an untimely visit from the milkman...
     送牛奶的来得不是时候
  2. I am sure your readers would have seen the article as at best untimely.
     即使往最好里说，我相信你的读者也会觉得这篇文章发表得不是时候。

英英释义

adj

• uncommonly early or before the expected time
  1. illness led to his premature death
  2. alcohol brought him to an untimely end
  Synonym:premature
• badly timed
  1. an ill-timed intervention
  2. you think my intrusion unseasonable
  3. an untimely remark
  4. it was the wrong moment for a joke
  Synonym:ill-timedunseasonablewrong

adv

• too soon
  1. I spoke prematurely
  Synonym:prematurely

双语例句

• Unable to endure such torments, she came to an untimely end.
  她经不住这样的熬煎，过早地离开了人世。
• She's just born to this world, so how could she expect untimely death?
  才刚出生不久，怎么想得到自己会这么早就死了？！
• I even saw in a brick passageway an untimely butterfly.
  我甚至在一条砖砌小巷里看到了一只不合时令的蝴蝶。
• Illness led to his premature death; alcohol brought him to an untimely end.
  疾病导致了他过早的死亡；酒让他过早死亡。
• Infection with STIs can lead to acute symptoms, chronic infection and serious delayed consequences such as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, cervical cancer and the untimely death of infants and adults.
  感染性传播感染可导致急性症状、慢性感染和严重的缓发性后果，比如不孕症、异位妊娠、宫颈癌，以及婴儿和成人的过早死亡。
• The end for Agnes Smedley came untimely and under difficult circumstances.
  艾格妮丝·史沫特莱在艰难的环境下过早地结束了自己的一生。
• Selim believes the fracture could have led to the boy king's untimely death.
  斯莱姆相信，正是这个骨裂导致了这位年幼国王的夭折。
• He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters.
  他是个地道的文人，不逢时地生在一个不需要学问的世界里。
• But I have my untimely leave in the middle of the day, in the thick of work.
  但我已经在正午，在厚重的工作中不合时宜的离开。
• His illness led to his untimely death.
  疾病使他过早去世。