音标:['ædʌlt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 成人, 成虫
a. 成年的, 成熟的
n. a fully developed person from maturity onward
n. any mature animal
s. (of animals) fully developed
词型变化:名词复数形式 : adults
考试类型:[高考/四级/考研/IELTS]
词性分布:
名词94%
形容词6%

adult的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Child who is not accompanied by an adult will not be admitted.儿童无成人带领不得入内。
  2. The bear was a fully grown adult.那只熊已完全发育成熟.
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He spent his adult life in Canada.他在加拿大度过了他的成年时期。
  2. 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?
  3. 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。
  4. His behavior is not particularly adult.他的举止行为还不太成熟。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. We should do our best to develop the adult education.我们应当努力发展成人教育。
  2. I like his adult approach to the problem.我喜欢他老成地处理这个问题。
用作表语S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
  1. He is adult in behavior.从行为上看,他已成熟了。
S+be+~+to- v
  1. Aren't you adult enough to know that there are two sides to every issue?长这么大了,你难道还不懂每一件事都有两面性吗?
用作名词(n.)
  1. Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult.凡是超过18岁的都算成年人。
  2. Children are usually more natural in their manner than adults.孩子们的举止通常比成年人自然。
  3. The bear was a fully grown adult.那只熊已完全发育成熟。

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

经典引文

  • Exhaustive character study is an adult occupation.

    出自:H. G. Wells
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