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a·dult·hood
词根:adult
adj.adult 成年的;成熟的
n.adult 成年人
adjective
fully developed and mature : grown-up
an adult lion
of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults
an adult approach to a problem
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material adult movies
adult bookstores
noun
one that is adultespecially: a human being after an age (such as 21) specified by law
verb
intransitive verb
informal to behave like an adult : to attend to the ordinary tasks required of a responsible adult Stop complaining that you have to adult today. Being an adult is awesome.—Suzanne Lucas Learning how to "adult" is a necessity for these college freshmen in order to figure out new medication schedules and if their parents' insurance will cover impromptu ER visits.—Meredith Newman
Do we really have to adult today?—Lauren Merola
informal to become an adult But there is one real benefit to growing older and adulting: We essentially get to do whatever we want to do.—Sharon Pope
It could be something small, like bailing on your friends at the last second. Or something bigger, like not showing up for work. Whatever the case may be, it's a sign you haven't fully "adulted" if you constantly slack off on your responsibilities.—Carolyn Steber
young adulthood成年早期
"成年人的状态或条件",1850年,来自 adult(形容词)+ -hood。 Adultness 于1731年被证明。
成年期
Adjective borrowed from French & Latin; French adulte, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin adultus, from past participle of adolēscere, adulēscere "to become mature, grow up," from ad- ad- + alēscere "to be nourished, grow up," probably inchoative derivative of *alēre "to grow," stative derivative of alere "to nurse, feed, nourish" — more at old >entry 1 Noun derivative of adult >entry 1
The first known use of adult was in 1531
advance1 of 3verb
to move forward
advance a few yards
to help the progress of
sacrifices that advance the cause of freedom
to raise to a higher rank or position : promote
was advanced from clerk to assistant manager
to give and expect to be paid back
advance a loan
suggest sense 1, propose
advance a new plan
advance2 of 3noun
a forward movement
progress in development : improvement
recent advances in medicine
a rise in price, value, or amount
a first step or approach
an unfriendly look discourages advances
the giving of something in payment (as money) before goods or services are received
I need an advance on my salary
the money or goods given
advance3 of 3adjective
made, sent, or furnished ahead of time
an advance payment
going or situated before an advance scout
an advance guard
advancementnoun
the action of advancing : the state of being advanced
a raising or being raised to a higher rank or position
progression to a higher stage of development
an improved feature
advancedadjective
far on in time or course
a man advanced in years
being beyond the elementary or introductory level
advanced mathematics
being far along in progress or development a disease in an advanced stage
an advanced civilization
having changed from a more primitive state found in an ancestor
advanced insects like the wasps and bees
adult1 of 2adjective
fully developed and mature
of, relating to, or characteristic of adults
adult2 of 2noun
a fully grown person, animal, or plant
adult1 of 2adjective
fully developed and mature
of, relating to, or characteristic of adults
adult2 of 2noun
a fully grown person, animal, or plant
adult1 of 2adjective
fully developed and mature
of, relating to, or characteristic of adults
adult2 of 2noun
a fully grown person, animal, or plant
adult1 of 2adjective
fully developed and mature
of, relating to, or characteristic of adults
adult2 of 2noun
a fully grown person, animal, or plant
1 What has changed, instead, is the relative share adopting different ways of living in early adulthood.
相反,在成年时期采用不同生活方式的相对比例发生了改变。
2 Ma always says, “In this neighborhood, getting a child to adulthood is perilous.”
3 The children had official criminal records that followed them throughout adulthood.
4 Declining mental function is often seen as a problem of old age, but certain aspects of brain function actually begin their decline in young adulthood, a new study suggests
人们常常认为脑力功能衰退是上了年纪的问题,但是一项新研究表明,脑功能的某些方面实际上在成年早期就开始衰退了。
5 Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood.
父母希望知道养育孩子长大成人的最佳方法。
6 Hypochondriasis usually first manifests itself in early adulthood andamong males and females.
疑病症通常在刚进入成年时期时开始表现出来,男性和女性的比例相近.
7 By the time the Termites reached adulthood, Terman’s error was plain to see.
8 Every tribe has its own traditions for marking a cub's passage into adulthood.
每个部族都有自己的办法给成年的幼仔留下印记.
9 That means they can fight lions, go to war, and have all of the privileges of adulthood except marriage, which Dinka men traditionally put off until they are about age thirty.
10 The first was the general assembly, or ekklesia, which consisted of any male citizen who had completed his military training and reached adulthood.
11 And yet, ironically, we need our friends as much as ever in adulthood.
然而有讽刺意义的是, 我们在成年时和儿童时代一样需要友谊.
12 In adulthood, looking someone else in a pleasant way can be a complimentary sign of paying attention.
成年后,以一种友好的方式看着别人可能是一种关注他人时表示敬意的信号。
13 When families know that more of their children will survive into adulthood, they have fewer kids.
当人们明白他们将有更多的孩子能长大成人时, 他们就会减少生育数量.
14 It was hard to believe that anyone, man or woman, could grow up to adulthood without ever having used a gun.
15 What about the son or daughter who is grown but seems to be struggling and wandering aimlessly through early adulthood?
那么,那些长大了却还在与命运抗争、找不到人生方向的青年男女们呢?
16 The brain is malleable from childhood to adulthood.
17 I should like to be a doctor poet, I think, if I happen to survive to adulthood.
18 The fireworks sprinkled down, dissolving in the air just before they reached the ground, and the children were pulled, one millimeter and one second at a time, into Manhattan and adulthood.
19 When we talk about Americans barely into adulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt, the conversation is almost always about student loan debt.
美国人刚成年就背负着难以承受的债务,谈及他们时,话题几乎总是关于助学贷款。
20 He has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
他从青年时代到晚年一直保持着强烈的社会良知。