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。
- 词义辨析
- 双语例句
1、
We should do our best to develop the adult education.
我们应当努力发展成人教育.
——《简明英汉词典》
2、
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.
——《简明英汉词典》
3、
The habit continued into adult life.
这习惯到了成年还保留着.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
4、
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。
——柯林斯例句
5、
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。
——柯林斯例句
6、
It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
关键是，青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。
——柯林斯例句
7、
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
儿童必须要有大人陪同。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
8、
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。
——柯林斯例句
9、
Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult, but in the meantime she relies on your support.
你的孩子最终将长大成人，完全独立，离开家过自己的生活，不过在此期间她会靠你帮助。
——柯林斯例句
10、
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？
——柯林斯例句
11、
Children do not use inflections such as are used in mature adult speech.
孩子们说话时的语调不像成年人那样抑扬顿挫。
——柯林斯例句
12、
I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
我已成年，却对许多大部分人认为理所当然的事情一窍不通。
——柯林斯例句
13、
Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.
最后，你的孩子会离开家，作为一个完全独立的成年人过她自己的生活。
——柯林斯例句
14、
She is taller than I imagined, more adult, more intense.
她比我想象的更高、更成熟、更热切。
——柯林斯例句
15、
They're separated from the adult inmates.
他们同成年犯分开关押。
——柯林斯例句
16、
The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.
蛹蛰伏在土壤中，直到冬天它们才蜕变成蛾子飞出来。
——柯林斯例句
17、
All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次虫。
——柯林斯例句
18、
The adult to child ratio is 1 to 6.
成人与儿童的比例为1比6。
——柯林斯例句
19、
All adult males will be liable for conscription.
所有成年男子都有义务应征入伍。
——柯林斯例句
20、
Children unaccompanied by an adult will not be admitted.
儿童无成年人陪伴着不准入场.
——《简明英汉词典》
21、
The bear was a fully grown adult.
那只熊已完全发育成熟.
——《简明英汉词典》
22、
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.
——《简明英汉词典》
23、
Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult.
凡是超过18岁的都算成年人.
——《简明英汉词典》
24、
He is adult in behaviour.
从行为上看,他已成熟了.
——《简明英汉词典》
25、
He has a very adult manner although he's only 12.
虽然他只有十二岁,他举止却很象大人.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
26、
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》
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