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
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- She met a tragic and untimely death at 25.
她于25岁时不幸猝然辞世。
- She met a tragic and untimely death at 25.
- 不合时宜的;不适时的
happening at a time or in a situation that is not suitable- His interruption was untimely.
他的插话不是时候。
- His interruption was untimely.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him...
- ADJ 不适时的;不合时宜的
You can describe something asuntimelyif it happens at an unsuitable time.- ...an untimely visit from the milkman...
送牛奶的来得不是时候 - 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。
- ...an untimely visit from the milkman...
英英释义
adj
- uncommonly early or before the expected time
- illness led to his premature death
- alcohol brought him to an untimely end
- badly timed
- an ill-timed intervention
- you think my intrusion unseasonable
- an untimely remark
- it was the wrong moment for a joke
adv
- too soon
- I spoke prematurely
双语例句
- To see a bright young life so rudely blighted, so untimely cut down?
为的是看见一位前途无量的年轻的生命这样无情地被摧残,这样过早地夭折? - 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。 - Lorenzo's untimely death has raised a new difficulty.
洛伦索的突然去世引起了新的困难。 - 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。 - They became friends and went on to collaborate on many projects before Schaap's untimely death in2001.
他们成为了朋友,并继续在许多项目上合作,这一直持续到2001年Schaap去世。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - His illness led to his untimely death.
疾病使他过早去世。