adult
美 [?æd?lt] 
英 [?æd?lt]
- n.成人；長成體
- adj.成年的；成熟的；理智的；成人的
- 網絡成年人；大人；成蟲
詞形變化
復數：adults 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | （法律上指能為自己的行為負責的）成年人a fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions |
| Children must be accompanied by an adult. 兒童必須要有大人陪同。 |
| Why can't you two act like civilized adults? 你們倆為什么就不能像有教養的成年人那樣行事呢？ |
| The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed. 這種魚長成以后回到河中產卵。 |
1. | 成年的；發育成熟的fully grown or developed |
| preparing young people for adult life 指導年輕人準備過成人生活 |
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2. | （智力、思想、行為）成熟的，成人的behaving in an intelligent and responsible way; typical of what is expected of an adult |
| When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open. 我父母離異時，事情處理得很成熟、很開放。 |
3. | [obn] 僅限成人的（因有色情或暴力內容）intended for adults only, because it is about sex or contains violence |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly.
（指鳥）完全長好了成熟的羽毛；準備飛翔。
Not long ago, my now-adult daughter called from New York to let me know about a medical scare she was facing.
前不久，已經長大成人的女兒從紐約給我打電話，告訴我她正面臨的醫療危機。
"Deutsche Bank does not approve of any adult entertainments and such expenditures will not be reimbursed, " the memo said.
該備忘錄稱：“德意志銀行不會批準任何成人娛樂，這類費用不會報銷。”
Lately, I've found that this transcendent reading experience I so crave seems to occur more often with young-adult novels.
最近，好像當我在閱讀青少年小說時，這種讓我入迷的超常的閱讀經驗發生得更頻繁。
Conclusion: CT appearance of the neonatal brain is obviously different from that of the adult.
結論：新生兒顱腦正常CT表現與成人明顯不同。
He is a budding young adult, and one of your responsibilities is to prepare him for the adult world.
你的責任之一就是預備他來進入成人的世界。
The decision to try the children in an adult court was heavily criticised by children's campaigners.
在成人法庭定罪孩童，這被一些兒童活動家強烈譴責。
Jean is an intelligent, responsible adult, but she still refuses to believe that smoking had anything to do with her heart attack.
瓊是一個有頭腦、有責任感的成年人，但她卻仍然拒絕相信吸煙與她的心臟病發作有任何關系。
The child prodigy, it was thought, turned out to be a neurotic adult.
大家認為神童到最后長大成人將會是一個有精神疾病的人。
As a teacher, she knew my education would be pivotal for me if I was to have an independent adult life.
作為教師，她知道我的教育關鍵是促使我成為一個獨立的成年人。
He asked me to brainstorm the essay and adult recommendation with him a full two weeks before the application was due.
在申請截止前的兩個星期，他就請我同他一塊探討如何準備個人自述和成人推薦信。
(of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage.
（關于昆蟲）經歷幼蟲在本質上類似成蟲的不完全蛻變時期的，并且此階段沒有蛹期。
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
從七八歲時起不再向大人表露真實感情似乎是一種本能。
how much of your adult life are you likely to be single?
你有多少錢過成人生活，你愿意變成單身嗎？
A boy raped by an adult man would also be lashed if the court decided that he had "enjoyed" the experience.
一個男孩被成年男子強暴，如果法院認定男孩“享受”這個經驗，男孩也將受鞭打。
He argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions.
他爭辯說他不久就要成為男子漢了，并說他應該能夠作出成年人的抉擇了。
Before she left Guam , she told me that she was so happy for how I turned out as an adult, and that touched me.
在她離開關島之前，她告訴我她很開心見到我長成人了，那句話非常地感動了我。
It was an hour-and-a-half trip each way, and I was a heavy boy, much heavier than I am as an adult.
單程需要一個半小時，而且我很重，童年的我比成年的我要重得多。
And I overheard an adult saying he could sing better than me but he did not win any prize all because he lost out to my suit!
我還聽到有個大人說，他唱得比我好卻拿不到獎，全都因為我的西裝贏了他！
"I do not know honor is not adult" , which is handed down for thousands of years of well-known Abas .
“不知榮辱乃不能成人”，這是千百年流傳下來的珠璣名言。
"More than any other generation, " he said, "our generation views the adult world with great skepticism. "
他說：“我們這一代比任何一代人都抱著更大的疑慮看待成人世界。”
He is an odd boy, so adult, the relatives tell his mother.
親戚們在背后對媽媽說：這孩子有點怪，太大人腔了。
The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living.
這孩子已經（到了）成年，應該自食其力了。
His search took him to the Sterkfontein Cave near Johannesburg in the Transvaal region in 1936, where he found skulls of adult apemen.
1936年，研究工作使他來到特蘭斯瓦的約翰內斯堡附近的斯特方丹巖洞，在那里他找到了成年猿人的頭骨。
When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open.
我父母離異時，事情處理得很成熟、很開放。
But get real, please, there is so much good fiction out there, written specifically for your adult age group, written with you in mind.
不過，請現實一點，有這么多好的小說，專門為你們這些大人寫的、以你們為出發點的小說。
So how much fluid does the average, healthy adult living in a temperate climate need?
那一個生活在溫和適宜環境下的健康成年人平均每天需要多少水份呢？
Intelligence officials knew there was an adult male in there, but they couldn't catch a glimpse. He never stepped in to view.
情報官員知道樓里住著一個成年男性，但始終無法見到他的身影，因為他從不露面。
Authentic adult actions are those which help us shift us out of a child state to a more expansive and adult sense of ourselves.
像成人般那樣行事就是一種能幫助我們擺脫兒童心理狀態并能夠讓自己更成熟地看待自己的方法。
Instead, it agreed to allow one dog per apartment with adult weights of less than 80 pounds or two dogs weighing up to 30 pounds each.
相反，委員會同意每套公寓養一只成年體重在80磅以下的狗，或兩只每只體重不超過30磅的狗。
Joe said he only did adult movies, so I said that's kind of sleazy.
喬說他只拍成人電影，但我認為那太過低級。
David Howard, an RJR spokesman, said the company decided to 'make them available to adult tobacco consumers' in new test markets.
雷諾的發言人大衛·霍華德表示，該公司決定，在新的試銷市場上“只有成人煙草消費者才能買到”。
It will threaten for the children If adult can't unwind question of himself, This thing is happening everyday from everybody, besides me.
如果大人的心結未解，對孩子來說是一場災難，這種事情每天都在上演，我也不例外。
As a comparison, many adult sexual networks are more like an airline hub system where many points are connected to a small number of hubs.
相比之下，很多成年人的性愛網絡就像是一個航空樞紐系統，很多個點連接到為數不多的幾個樞紐上。
My friends compare me to the Tom Hanks character in the movie "Big, " about the young boy who wakes up in an adult body.
朋友把我和湯姆漢克斯在電影《飛越未來》里的角色相比，電影里一個小男孩盼望自己快成大人，結果一覺醒來居然成真了。
How can I expect them to treat me like an adult if I sneak around and act like a kid?
像這樣鬼鬼祟祟做事，像個長不大的孩子，我還怎么能期望他們把我當成人看待呢？
It was clearly the carcass of an adult male, but no one had been able to identify what manner of insect it once was.
牠分明是一只成年雄性的尸體，但是沒有人看得出牠是何方神圣。
Almost all adult females breed, so a mother will get at least some of her genes into the next generation by producing them.
因為幾乎所有的成年雌性都會繁育，所以，如果母親生育雌性，那么她至少能夠將它的基因在下一代中保留一些。
As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design.
如同小孩在玩泥巴時感到愉快一樣，成年人喜歡創建事物，特別是自己進行設計。
In a few years, they're going to be out on their own and their need to be independent or at least treated as an adult are paramount.
再過幾年，他們會走出家門，所以他們需要獨立，或至少把他們作為成熟的人對待，這至關重要。
Now is the time to let go of the childish voices and allow yourself to be known for the greatness you possess as an adult.
現在是時候拋棄幼稚的心聲，讓你為自己作為一個成年人而感到驕傲。
If that person is a citizen, the documents shall, in case of his absence, be receipted by an adult member of his family living with him.
受送達人是公民的，本人不在交他的同住成年家屬簽收；
The local media said the driver was the only adult on board but this has not been confirmed.
當地媒體說，司機是車上唯一的成人，但此說法還未得到確認。
She said: "There was no way I could marry an adult film star. "
她說：“我實在沒辦法說服自己去嫁給一個成人電影明星。”
Even though I was only a kid, he treated me as if I were an adult.
盡管我只是一個孩子，他對待我，如果我是一個成年人。
