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adult

英 ['ædʌlt; ə'dʌlt] 美['ædʌlt]

英英释义同义词辨析考试真题实用场景例句

adj. 成年的；成熟的
n. 成年人

实用场景例句

Children must be accompanied by an adult.: 儿童必须要有大人陪同。

Why can't you two act like civilized adults?: 你们俩为什么就不能像有教养的成年人那样行事呢？

The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed.: 这种鱼长成以后回到河中产卵。

preparing young people for adult life: 指导年轻人做好进入成年期的准备

the adult population: 成年人口

adult monkeys: 长成的猴子

When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open.: 我父母离异时，事情处理得很成熟、很开放。

an adult movie: 仅供成人观看的电影

...a pair of adult birds.: 一对成年鸟

I've lived most of my adult life in London.: 我成年之后的大部分时间都是在伦敦度过的。

We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink.: 在这件事上我们表现得很成熟。我们一边喝酒一边心平气和地谈了谈。

...dealing with emerging sexuality in an adult way.: 平静对待出现的性征

...an adult movie.: 成人电影

Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult...: 当了父亲意味着他已是个成年人了。

Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.: 14岁以下的儿童必须由成人陪同。

The activity is not destroyed by either physical changes of state or chemical transformations.: 这些活性不会因为物理状态和化学成分的改变而受到破坏.

Children unaccompanied by an adult will not be admitted.: 儿童无成年人陪伴着不准入场.

The bear was a fully grown adult.: 那只熊已完全发育成熟.

He has a very adult manner although he's only 12.: 虽然他只有十二岁，他举止却很像大人。

Empathy for the criminal's childhood misery does not imply exoneration of the crimes he committed as an adult.: 对罪犯悲惨的童年表示怜悯不等于可以免除他长大成人后所犯的罪.

The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living.: 这孩子已经(到了)成年,应该自食其力了.

Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult.: 凡是超过18岁的都算成年人.

Johnny cries whenever he must say hello to an adult; he is afraid of his own shadow.: 约翰尼在跟大人打招呼时就哭, 他胆小极了.

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。