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Before the right or expected time — too early. Most often used for babies born early (born prematurely, weeks before the due date), but also for anything that happens too soon, like celebrating before you should, or hair going grey earlier than usual (prematurely grey).
過早地；(嬰兒)早產地
組成pre- (before) + mature (fully grown, ready) + -ly (turns it into an adverb).
同家族的字
- maturethe base word — "ready, fully grown" — with "pre-" added to mean "before that"
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
prematurelyadv/ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/
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In a premature manner; too soon or too early.
- publish an obituary prematurely
- prematurely rejected
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。