callow

[美]/ˈkæləʊ/
[英]/ˈkæloʊ/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 年轻而无经验的;羽毛未丰的

短语搭配

a callow youth

一个稚嫩的青年

callow innocence

稚嫩的天真

callow behavior

幼稚的行为

例句

earnest and callow undergraduates.

严肃认真但天真幼稚的大学本科生。

He was only a callow youth.

他只是个无经验的年轻人。

He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.

他进报社时还是个乳臭未干的小子。

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

这个年轻稚嫩的青年渴望在新工作中证明自己。

Her callow behavior showed her lack of experience.

她稚嫩的行为显示了她缺乏经验。

He spoke with a callow confidence that belied his inexperience.

他说话时表现出稚嫩的自信,暴露了他的不成熟。

The callow recruit struggled to adapt to military life.

这个稚嫩的新兵努力适应军旅生活。

She dismissed his callow attempts at flirting.

她对他稚嫩的调情尝试不屑一顾。

The callow artist's work lacked depth and maturity.

这位稚嫩的艺术家的作品缺乏深度和成熟。

His callow attitude towards money management led to financial troubles.

他对理财的稚嫩态度导致了财务问题。

The callow singer struggled to convey emotion in her performance.

这位稚嫩的歌手在表演中努力传达情感。

Despite his callow appearance, he was actually quite knowledgeable.

尽管他看起来稚嫩,但实际上他相当有学识。

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

这个稚嫩的学生缺乏专注影响了他的学业表现。

原声例句

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

一群新来的学生低声下气地跟在主任身后,有些紧张。他们全都非常年轻,红扑扑的脸蛋,乳臭未干。

来源: Brave New World

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

现在,愤世嫉俗者喜欢嘲笑新千年中所谓的娇生惯养或幼稚的年轻人。

来源: 2020 Celebrity College Graduation Speech

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

他们试图哄骗一名没有经验的男孩来扛弹药箱。

来源: Pan Pan

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

她幼稚的心使这件事成为一个时代。 她考虑了她的一系列感受, 支持和反对。

来源: 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,他看到了一个幼稚的年轻人, 并向明显的幼稚说起自己, 从而使自己彻底不受欢迎。

来源: 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.

但片刻之后, 他恢复了镇定, 在被宠坏的、稚嫩的青年中摆出了一个知识分子温和而有意识地宽容的微笑。

来源: 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.

这300人中,有100名又老又蠢还有100名又稚又嫩剩下的大约100名下院议员便填上了100个政府职务。

来源: 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.

从来没有,即使是在他最幼稚的时候,他也从来没有像今天早上带他去霍莉路面的女人那样热切地去看任何女人。

来源: 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.

在罗纳德·里根担任副总统的八年里,尽管他们在1980年的初选中就里根的“巫毒经济学”和他幼稚的好莱坞光芒进行了激烈的辩论,但是老布什从没有批评里根或是抢其风头。

来源: 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.

托比穿着一件引人注目的晨衣,坐在一排银色咖啡具后面。在他身后,穿着更加引人注目的日装,徘徊着一个年轻而热切的年轻人,手里拿着一本笔记本。

来源: A handsome face.

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