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

• 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？！
• The untimely death of the engineer delayed the completion of the project.
  工程师的过早去世推迟了工程的完工期。
• When I think of that, my heart could not help from aching over WY's untimely death.
  每当我想到这里，我的心就不禁地为伟易过早的死亡，而痛了。
• 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。
• We are also all here because of many millions of untimely deaths.
  我们聚集在这里也是因为上百万人过早地死亡。
• 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。
• In classrooms, the untimely ringing interrupts lectures and destroys the atmosphere of study, so it prompts many complaints.
  在教室里，不合时宜地响起的手机铃声不但打断了上课，而且破坏了学习的气氛，因此也引起了诸多抱怨。
• Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
  或像隐而未现，不到期而落的胎，归于无有，如同未见光的婴孩。
• That was all about preventing untimely deaths on the grandest scale possible.
  它的所有含意是在尽可能大的范围内预防不合时宜的死亡。
• His father's untimely death disjointed his faith in god.
  他父亲过早的去逝，使他跟上帝的信仰脱节。