callow

[美國]/ˈkæləʊ/
[英國]/ˈkæloʊ/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 年輕而無經驗的;羽毛未豐的

短語搭配

a callow youth

一個稚嫩的青年

callow innocence

稚嫩的天真

callow behavior

幼稚的行爲

例句

earnest and callow undergraduates.

嚴肅認真但天真幼稚的大學本科生。

He was only a callow youth.

他只是個無經驗的年輕人。

He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.

他進報社時還是個乳臭未乾的小子。

The callow youth was eager to prove himself in the new job.

這個年輕稚嫩的青年渴望在新工作中證明自己。

Her callow behavior showed her lack of experience.

她稚嫩的行爲顯示了她缺乏經驗。

He spoke with a callow confidence that belied his inexperience.

他說話時表現出稚嫩的自信,暴露了他的不成熟。

The callow recruit struggled to adapt to military life.

這個稚嫩的新兵努力適應軍旅生活。

She dismissed his callow attempts at flirting.

她對他稚嫩的調情嘗試不屑一顧。

The callow artist's work lacked depth and maturity.

這位稚嫩的藝術家的作品缺乏深度和成熟。

His callow attitude towards money management led to financial troubles.

他對理財的稚嫩態度導致了財務問題。

The callow singer struggled to convey emotion in her performance.

這位稚嫩的歌手在表演中努力傳達情感。

Despite his callow appearance, he was actually quite knowledgeable.

儘管他看起來稚嫩,但實際上他相當有學識。

The callow student's lack of focus affected his academic performance.

這個稚嫩的學生缺乏專注影響了他的學業表現。

原聲例句

A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director's heels.

一羣新來的學生低聲下氣地跟在主任身後,有些緊張。他們全都非常年輕,紅撲撲的臉蛋,乳臭未乾。

來源: Brave New World

Now cynics like to mock the supposedly spoiled or callow youth of the new millennia.

現在,憤世嫉俗者喜歡嘲笑新千年中所謂的嬌生慣養或幼稚的年輕人。

來源: 2020 Celebrity College Graduation Speech

They tried to cajole a callow boy to carry the caisson.

他們試圖哄騙一名沒有經驗的男孩來扛彈藥箱。

來源: Pan Pan

Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings, for and against.

她幼稚的心使這件事成爲一個時代。 她考慮了她的一系列感受, 支持和反對。

來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

On the other hand, he sees a callow youth and addresses himself to the obvious callowness, and thereby makes himself thoroughly disliked.

另一方面,他看到了一個幼稚的年輕人, 並嚮明顯的幼稚說起自己, 從而使自己徹底不受歡迎。

來源: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

But in a moment he recovered his poise and assumed the bland and consciously tolerant smile of an intellectual among spoiled and callow youth.

但片刻之後, 他恢復了鎮定, 在被寵壞的、稚嫩的青年中擺出了一個知識分子溫和而有意識地寬容的微笑。

來源: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

Of that 300, one hundred are too old and too silly, one hundred too young and too callow which leaves just about a hundred MP's to fill 100 governmental posts.

這300人中,有100名又老又蠢還有100名又稚又嫩剩下的大約100名下院議員便填上了100個政府職務。

來源: Yes, Minister Season 1

Never, even at his most callow, had he gone to see any woman with an eagerness as great as the one that was taking him to Holly Pavement this morning.

從來沒有,即使是在他最幼稚的時候,他也從來沒有像今天早上帶他去霍莉路面的女人那樣熱切地去看任何女人。

來源: A handsome face.

In his eight years as Ronald Reagan's vice-president, though they had sparred bitterly in the 1980 primaries over Reagan's " voodoo economics" and his callow Hollywood sparkle, he never criticised or upstaged him.

在羅納德·里根擔任副總統的八年裏,儘管他們在1980年的初選中就里根的“巫毒經濟學”和他幼稚的好萊塢光芒進行了激烈的辯論,但是老布什從沒有批評里根或是搶其風頭。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Toby, in a remarkable dressing-gown, was sitting behind an array of silver coffee things; and behind him, in still more remarkable day clothes, hovered a callow and eager young man clutching a notebook.

託比穿着一件引人注目的晨衣,坐在一排銀色咖啡具後面。在他身後,穿着更加引人注目的日裝,徘徊着一個年輕而熱切的年輕人,手裏拿着一本筆記本。

來源: A handsome face.

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