adult

一、真题好句
adult 高中必修500 全国卷频次:14 教材出处:译林版必修B1U2
/ˈædʌlt, əˈdʌlt/
n. adults 9
成年人同义词grown-up
高考真题原句选：
Talk to trusted adult, such as parent or other relatives.
A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it.
Some people live with their elderly parents; many more adult children are returning to the family home, if they ever left.
Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?

adult / 5AdQlt; E5dQlt /
noun
1. 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
SYN grown-up :
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
儿童必须要有大人陪同。
Why can’t you ten 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？
2. 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。
adjective
1. 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
the adult population
成年人口
adult monkeys
长成的猴子
2. 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
SYN grown-up :
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。
3. [only before noun] intended for adults only, because it is about sex or contains violence
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

adult1 /ˈædʌlt, əˈdʌlt/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL noun [countable] 1  a fully-grown person, or one who is considered to be legally responsible for their actions 成人，成年人 → child
Some children find it difficult to talk to adults.
一些孩子觉得与大人很难谈得来。
2  a fully-grown animal 成年动物
The adults have white bodies and grey backs.
这些成年动物的身体为白色，背部为灰色。
adult2 ●●● W3 AWL adjective
1  [only before noun] fully grown or developed 发育成熟的，成年的
an adult lion
一头成年的狮子
the adult population
成年人口
He lived most of his adult life in Scotland.
他成年后大部分时间住在苏格兰。
2  typical of an adult’s behaviour or of the things adults do 成人的；老成的，成熟的
dealing with problems in an adult way
以成人的方式处理问题
That wasn’t very adult of you.
你那样就不是很成熟了。
3  [only before noun] adult films, magazines etc are about sex or related to sex 〔电影、杂志等〕仅限于成人的〔因涉及性〕
The film is rated R for language and adult themes.
这部影片因为语言和成人题材被定为限制级。
Origin adult2 (1500-1600) Latin past participle of adolescere “to grow up”

adult ★★★★☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词（法律意义上的）成年人 An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions.
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。

Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

14岁以下的儿童必须由成人陪同。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词成年动物 An adult is a fully developed animal.

【搭配模式】：oft N n
…a pair of adult birds.

一对成年鸟

3.ADJ 形容词成年的；属于成人的 Adult means relating to the time when you are an adult, or typical of adult people.

【搭配模式】：ADJ n
I’ve lived most of my adult life in London.

我成年之后的大部分时间都是在伦敦度过的。

4.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词成熟的；老成的 If you say that someone is adult about something, you think that they act in a mature, intelligent way, especially when faced with a difficult situation.

【搭配模式】：v-link ADJ

【语用信息】：approval
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。

…dealing with emerging sexuality in an adult way.

平静对待出现的性征

5.ADJ 形容词（涉及性内容的电影或书籍）仅限于成人的 You can describe things such as films or books as adult when they deal with sex in a very clear and open way.
…an adult movie.

成人电影

1 adult /əˈdʌlt/ /ˈæˌdʌlt/ noun
plural adults [count] : a fully grown person or animal成年人；成年动物
Her books appeal both to children and to adults.
孩子和大人都喜欢她的书。
Children must be accompanied by an adult in the museum.
孩子们参观博物馆必须有成人陪同。
Only adults can purchase alcohol.
只有成年人可以买酒。
This film is for adults only. Minors are not admitted.
这部影片仅限成年人观看。未成年人不得入内。
People who are close friends as children aren’t always friends as adults.
孩提时候的好朋友，成年后不一定还是朋友。
studying interactions between young birds and adults
研究幼鸟与成鸟之间的互动
2 adult /əˈdʌlt/ /ˈæˌdʌlt/ adjective
always used before a noun except in sense 2
1
: fully grown and developed成年的；发育成熟的
an adult student/learner
成年学生/学习者
adult birds
成年鸟
I’ve worked here all of my adult life. [=I’ve worked here since I became an adult] 成年以后我一直在这里工作。
preparing children for adult life
让孩子们为成年以后的生活做好准备
2
[more adult; most adult] : mature and sensible : not childish成熟的；理智的
We need to approach this in an adult way.
我们需要理智地处理这件事。
an adult decision/choice/responsibility
成熟的决定；理智的选择；成年人的责任
3
: of or intended for adults（为）成人的
adult literacy
成人扫盲
adult learning
成人学习
4
: dealing with sexual material成人的；与性有关的
adult bookstores/movies
成人书店/电影
— adulthood /əˈdʌltˌhʊd/ noun, plural adulthoods
[noncount] preparing children for adulthood
让孩子们为成年做好准备
[count] preparing children for their adulthoods
让孩子们为成年做好准备