单词 | untimely |
释义 | untimelyWord family (noun) time overtime timer timing timelessness (adjective) timeless timely ≠ untimely (verb) time (adverb) timelessly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishuntimelyun‧time‧ly /ʌnˈtaɪmli/ adjective1 EARLYDIEhappening too soon or sooner than you expecteduntimely death of a popular local man the untimely end. The announcement brought the meeting to an 2 TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIMEnot suitable for a particular occasion or time an untimely interruptionExamples from the Corpusuntimely• Zhelev described the strike as untimely and harmful.• As to how young William met his untimely death, accounts vary.• Before his untimely death in 1991, Freddie Mercury was a brilliant singer and perfomer.• The symbols and memories of untimely death lay all around from morning till night.• The untimely death of his father did nothing to alter the youngest Charlton's ambition.• Students and faculty told fond stories about Daniels and expressed their sorrow at his untimely death.• The chain of events I sparked off nearly led to my untimely demise.• His grandfather had met an untimely end as the result of too much whisky.• an untimely injuryuntimely end• He loathed the sterile ritual of inspections, and this poor devil in his untimely end had saved him from that. |
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