grown-up
英 ['ɡrəun'ʌp]
美
- adj. 成熟的
- n. 成年人
英文词源
- grown-up (adj.)
- "mature," late 14c., past participle adjective from grow up. The noun meaning "adult person" is from 1813, short for grown-up person, etc.
同义词辨析
adult, grown-up, mature
这些形容词均有"成年的,成熟的"之意。
adult:一般指生理上的童年期已结束,达到法定年龄。
grown-up:多用于口语,含义与adult基本相同,但更侧重脱离儿童阶段,已成大人,与childish意思相反。
mature:用于生物时,指完全长好了。用于人时,指达到了生命的黄金时期,但所暗示的青少年和成年之间的界限不明显。
考试真题
- In some cases, schools should help children find new, more grown-up ways of doing the same things that are constant sources of joy: making art, making friends, making decisions.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
实用场景例句
- If you're good you can eat with the grown-ups.
- 你要是听话就可以跟大人一起吃饭。
牛津词典
- The child was clearly puzzled at being addressed in such a grown-up way.
- 这孩子显然对别人用这种成年人的方式称呼他感到纳闷。
牛津词典
- She has a grown-up son.
- 她有个已成年的儿子。
牛津词典
- What do you want to be when you're grown-up?
- 你长大后想做什么?
牛津词典
- If you're good you can eat with the grown-ups.
- 你要是听话就可以跟大人一起吃饭。
牛津词典
- The child was clearly puzzled at being addressed in such a grown-up way.
- 这孩子显然对别人用这种成年人的方式称呼他感到纳闷。
牛津词典
- She has a grown-up son.
- 她有个已成年的儿子。
牛津词典
- What do you want to be when you're grown-up?
- 你长大后想做什么?
牛津词典
- She talked in a grown-up manner.
- 她说起话来像个大人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
- 她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She's very grown-up.
- 她表现得很像个大人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I have grown-up children who're doing well.
- 我的几个孩子已经长大成人并且事业有成。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.
- 告诉孩子们,如果被人欺负就告诉大人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Jan was almost a grown-up...
- 简都快是个大人了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A new town has grown up in this industrial district.
- 在这个工业区兴起了一座新城市.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This bush has grown up a lot in the last few months.
- 这矮树丛几个月来已向上长高了很多.
《简明英汉词典》
- Now ( that ) you are grown up, you should not rely on your parents.
- 既然你长大了, 就不应该依靠你的父母.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The children have all grown up.
- 儿女都已长大成人.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They have grown up surrounded by reminders of their terrible past.
- 他们慢慢地被可怕的过去所困扰.
《简明英汉词典》
- A number of misconceptions have grown up around this theory.
- 围绕着这一理论产生了不少的误解.
《简明英汉词典》
- He feels it very shameful to sponge on his parents after he's grown up.
- 他觉得自己长大了还依赖父母感觉很丢脸.
《简明英汉词典》
- Tom had grown up accepting his father's choice.
- 汤姆变得能够接受他父亲的选择了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The child's grown up in happy times.
- 这孩子是在甜水里长大的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness.
- 年纪稍大的人是在一个性观念更为保守的时代中成长起来的。
柯林斯例句
- Now that their children have grown up she joins Paddy in London every other week.
- 他们的孩子都长大了,她便每隔一周就到伦敦帕迪那里。
柯林斯例句
- When I was nine or ten someone explained to me that when you are grown up you have to work.
- 我大概9岁或10岁的时候,有人跟我说人长大了就得工作。
柯林斯例句