英汉词典

adult 基本解释

• adj. 成年的；成熟的
• n. 成年人

adult 词态变化

adult 中文词源

前缀ad-, 去，往。词根ol, 成长. -t,过去分词后缀。

adult 英文词源

adult (adj.)

1530s (but not common until mid-17c.), from Latin adultus "grown up, mature, adult, ripe," past participle of adolescere "grow up, mature" (see adolescent). As a euphemism for "pornographic," it dates to 1958 and does no honor to the word.

adult (n.)

"adult person," 1650s, from adult (adj.).

adult 英文释义

1. a fully developed person from maturity onward

2. any mature animal

adult 同义词解析

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。

adult 双语例句

1. I tried to understand the adult world and could not.

我试着去了解成人世界，却无法猜透。

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2. Which adult in these children's lives will provide the nurturing they need?

这些孩子生活中的哪个成人会为他们提供所需的养育呢？

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3. His adult life mirrored the downward course of his father's life.

他成年后的生活反映出了他父亲的生活在走下坡路。

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4. As an adult, you can assess the situation realistically.

作为一个成年人，你能现实地评估局势。

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5. The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day.

普通成年男子每天消耗的热量为1,500到2,000卡路里。

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adult 实用场景例句

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

儿童必须要有大人陪同。

牛津词典

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？

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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。

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preparing young people for adult life

指导年轻人做好进入成年期的准备

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the adult population

成年人口

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adult monkeys

长成的猴子

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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。

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an adult movie

仅供成人观看的电影

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...a pair of adult birds.

一对成年鸟

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...dealing with emerging sexuality in an adult way.

平静对待出现的性征

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...an adult movie.

成人电影

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

14岁以下的儿童必须由成人陪同。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

期刊摘选

Children unaccompanied by an adult will not be admitted.

儿童无成年人陪伴着不准入场.

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The bear was a fully grown adult.

那只熊已完全发育成熟.

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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。

《现代英汉综合大词典》

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.

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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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult.

凡是超过18岁的都算成年人.

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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.

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