adult
英式音标：[ˈædʌlt] 怎么读
美式音标：[ əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt] 怎么读
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同义词： ripe mellow matured mature major grownup grown-up grown full-blown fledged developed
adult概况
adj. 成年的；成熟的
n. 成年人
adult词义
adj.
成熟的；（智力、思想、行为）成熟的；成年人的；成年的
n.
成年的人或动物；
变形
复数：adults
双语释义
adj.(形容词)成熟的 grown to full size or strength; intellectually or emotionally mature
成年人的,适宜于成年人的 old enough to vote, marry, etc.
n.(名词)[C]成年的人〔动物〕 adult person or animal
英英释义
adult[ 'ædʌlt, ə'dʌlt ]
n.
a fully developed person from maturity onward
同义词：grownup
any mature animal
adj.(of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"
同义词：bigfull-grownfully growngrowngrownup
adult用法
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
adult education成人教育
adult man成年人
副词+～
completely adult完全成熟的
emotionally adult感情上成熟的
intellectually adult智力上成熟的
～+介词
adult in behaviour行为成熟
用作名词 (n.)
形容词+～
independent adult能自立的成年人
介词+～
education for adults成人教育
词组短语
adult education成人教育
young adult年轻人；大学生
adult population成年人口
adult learning成人学习
mature adult成熟的成年人
adult school成人学校；成人进修学校
adult movie n. 成人电影
adult respiratory distress syndrome成人呼吸窘迫综合征
同近义词辨析
mature, adult, grown-up这组词都有“成年的，成熟的”的意思，其区别是：
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, ripe, adult, grown-upmature泛指动植物的成熟
ripe主要用于果实成熟；
adult强调法律规定的成年人；
grown-up身体发育成熟；
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
Child who is not accompanied by an adult will not be admitted.
儿童无成人带领不得入内。
The bear was a fully grown adult.
那只熊已完全发育成熟.
用作形容词(adj.)
He spent his adult life in Canada.
他在加拿大度过了他的成年时期。
Can you try and be a little more adult about this?
你能不能试着更理智一点地看待这件事？
Children are not admitted, for this is an adult film.
儿童不得入内观看,因为这是一部成人电影。
His behavior is not particularly adult.
他的举止行为还不太成熟。
权威例句
Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampusMultilineage potential of adult human mesenchymal stem cells.
Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells TL - 284
Lung imaging in the adult respiratory distress syndrome: current practice and new insights.
Multipotent adult progenitor cells from bone marrow differentiate into functional hepatocyte-like cells
Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow.
Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors.
Generation of neurons and astrocytes from isolated cells of the adult mammalian central nervous system.
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult
Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines
adult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造句
1. He has developed from a child into an adult.
他已长大成人。
《21世纪大英汉词典》
2. After that, you will be at your adult height.
从那以后，你将维持在你的成年人身高。
3. Consider the problems of the teenager contra those of the adult.
考虑与成年人问题相反的青少年问题。
《21世纪大英汉词典》
4. They have an adult son.
他们有一个儿子已经成年。
5. But he was in there with all of us and insisted on coming to meetings when any one of the rest of us, child or adult, would have been too ill to go.
但他总是和我们在一起，有会议的时候坚持出席，要是我们的话，不论是孩子还是大人，没有人能在如此病重的情况下可以坚持住。
6. But as an adult, I understand his heart was in the right place most of the time.
但作为一个成年人，我明白他的心大部分时间还是处在正确的位置上。
7. He and his wife have two adult sons.
他与妻子育有两个儿子，都已成年。
8. They treat you like the adult that you are or want to be.
他们把你当成成人一样的对待或者是要你成为一名真正的大人。
9. Do this for your child, and for the adult loved ones in your life as well.
为了你的孩子，也为了你生命中所爱的已成年的人，给予他们纯粹的信任吧。
10. There is also an adult with them, I assume a father or uncle. He is silent.
此外，还有一个沉默的成年人陪伴着他们，我猜想可能是父亲或叔叔。
11. I have 3 years left with her before she leaves my house and becomes an adult.
在她成人离开我的房子之前我能和她共度的时光只剩下3年了。
12. As an adult I have a responsibility to look out for your wellbeing, which includesshavingssome fun together.
作为一个成年人，我有责任照顾你们的幸福安康，这当中也包括一起玩。
13. You have spent your whole childhood in one country, and you are becoming an adult in another country.
你整个童年都在一个国家生活，而现在是在另外一个国家变成成人。
14. They need hundreds of hours of study and practice, and even this will not guarantee success for every adult language learner.
他们需要数百小时的学习与练习，即使这样也不能保证每个成年语言学习者都能学好。
15. One of my greatest fears is that, as an adult, she will channel this knack for destruction into its most logical outcome: a career in public "service.
作为一个成人，我最大的担心就是她有一天会将这一破坏本领运用到最符合逻辑的可能性上：成为一名公共服务者。
16. One way to learn about them is to start asking every adult you know, "What do you do for a living?
了解它们的方法之一就是：从现在开始问每一个你认识的成年人，“你从事什么工作？”
17. Feeding America said 40%of the people it helps live in families with at least one working adult.
“供养美国”称它所帮助的40％的人群居住在家庭中，至少有一个成年人有工作。
18. When you’re an adult, you do not have to go to school and you never have homework.
当你是一个成年人的时候，你不需要上学，而且从不没有家庭作业。
19. Because of their size, adult African elephants have no enemies other than people.
因为他们的体型，成年非洲象除了人类没有其他敌人。
20. What are adult toys?
什么是成人玩具？
21. I prepare for my new life as an adult like some people prepare for the apocalypse.
就像某些人准备知道世界末日要来一样，我要像个大人一样开始新生活。。。
22. This is hardly surprising given that adolescence is a period of change in which many people find who they are and what they want for themselves in adult life.
这不那么令人吃惊，因为青春期是一个转变的阶段，在这个阶段很多人发现自己是谁，成年生活里他们想要什么。
23. In agriculture, as in other sectors, there is no work that an adult cannot do equally well, if not better, than a child," he added.
“同在其他行业一样，在农业领域工作的成年人即使不比儿童干得更好，但也一定不会比他们差，”他补充道。
24. In agriculture, as in other sectors, there is no work that an adult cannot do equally well, if not better, than a child," he added.
“同在其他行业一样，在农业领域工作的成年人即使不比儿童干得更好，但也一定不会比他们差，”他补充道。