adult

noun

OPAL S

/ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/

/əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/

a fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions（法律上指能为自己的行为负责的）成年人 synonym grown-up2
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.儿童必须要有大人陪同。
- I simply can't believe that responsible adults allowed a child to wander the streets.我简直不相信任何有责任感的成年人会让一个孩子在街上游荡。
- 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 obesity rate among adults has actually increased.成年人的肥胖率实际上有所上升。
- The number of single adult households has doubled in the past 30 years.过去 30 年中，单身成年人家庭的数量翻了一番。
- This book will definitely appeal to teenagers and young adults.这本书肯定会吸引青少年。
- What consenting adults do in private is their own business.到了法定性成熟年龄的成年人私下里做什么是他们自己的事。
Topics Life stagesa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- young
- single
- consenting
- …
adult + noun
- education
- literacy
- population
- …
a fully grown animal成年动物
- 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。

词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’.

adult

adjective

OPAL S

/ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/

/əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/

fully grown or developed成年的；发育成熟的
- preparing young people for adult life指导年轻人准备过成人生活
- He was a healthy young adult male.他是一个健康的年轻成年男性。
- the adult population成年人口
- adult monkeys长成的猴子
- She spent her entire adult life caring for others.她成年后把所有时间都用在照顾他人上了。
behaving in an intelligent and responsible way; typical of what is expected of an adult（智力、思想、行为）成熟的，成人的 synonym grown-up1
- 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。
- Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation.小孩子对大人的谈话很快就会厌倦。
[only before noun] (of a film, magazine, book, etc.) intended for adults only because it is about sex or shows people with no clothes on仅限成人的（因有色情或暴力内容）
- an adult movie仅供成人观看的电影

词汇	adult
释义	adult noun OPAL S /ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/ /əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/ a fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions（法律上指能为自己的行为负责的）成年人 synonym grown-up2 Children must be accompanied by an adult.儿童必须要有大人陪同。 I simply can't believe that responsible adults allowed a child to wander the streets.我简直不相信任何有责任感的成年人会让一个孩子在街上游荡。 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 obesity rate among adults has actually increased.成年人的肥胖率实际上有所上升。 The number of single adult households has doubled in the past 30 years.过去 30 年中，单身成年人家庭的数量翻了一番。 This book will definitely appeal to teenagers and young adults.这本书肯定会吸引青少年。 What consenting adults do in private is their own business.到了法定性成熟年龄的成年人私下里做什么是他们自己的事。 Topics Life stagesa1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective young single consenting … adult + noun education literacy population … a fully grown animal成年动物 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。词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’. adult adjective OPAL S /ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/ /əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/ fully grown or developed成年的；发育成熟的 preparing young people for adult life指导年轻人准备过成人生活 He was a healthy young adult male.他是一个健康的年轻成年男性。 the adult population成年人口 adult monkeys长成的猴子 She spent her entire adult life caring for others.她成年后把所有时间都用在照顾他人上了。 behaving in an intelligent and responsible way; typical of what is expected of an adult（智力、思想、行为）成熟的，成人的 synonym grown-up1 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。 Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation.小孩子对大人的谈话很快就会厌倦。 [only before noun] (of a film, magazine, book, etc.) intended for adults only because it is about sex or shows people with no clothes on仅限成人的（因有色情或暴力内容） an adult movie仅供成人观看的电影 see also adulthood 词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’.
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