adults
英 [ˈædʌlts]
美 [əˈdʌlts]
n. (法律上指能为自己的行为负责的)成年人; 成年动物
adult的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT （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。
- Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult...
- N-COUNT 成年动物
An adult is a fully developed animal.- ...a pair of adult birds.
一对成年鸟
- ...a pair of adult birds.
- ADJ 成年的；属于成人的
Adult means relating to the time when you are an adult, or typical of adult people.- 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。
- I've lived most of my adult life in London.
- ADJ-GRADED 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.- 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
- We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink.
- ADJ （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
- ...an adult movie.
双语例句
- I was accustomed to being the only child at a table full of adults
我已经习惯了作为唯一一个小不点坐在一桌大人中间。 - Most adults do not feel competent to deal with a medical emergency involving a child.
大部分成年人不懂得如何对儿童实施急救。 - Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas
各地政务委员会被要求编制一份该地区成年居民的名册。 - What consenting adults do in private is their own business.
已达承诺年龄的成年人私下进行的活动是他们自己的事。 - Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story
一代又一代的成年人和儿童都很喜欢这个故事。 - Babies lose heat much faster than adults, and are especially vulnerable to the cold in their first month.
婴儿散热比成年人快得多，在出生后的头一个月特别容易感冒。 - Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
孩子们消耗很多能量，可能比成年人需要更多高能量的食物。 - Most adults are immune to Rubella.
大多数成人对风疹具有免疫力。 - In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet
在最大那间房里，地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。 - Learner drivers must be supervised by adults who are at least 21 years old.
驾驶学员必须由21岁以上的成年人监督驾驶。 - About two-thirds of adults consult their doctor at least once a year
约有2/3的成年人至少每年就医一次。 - Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.
大人需要过他们自己的生活，但有了孩子就很难做到了。 - Many adults have some problems with literacy and numeracy
很多成年人在读写和计算方面都有困难。 - Babies lose heat much faster than adults
婴儿散失热量较成人快很多。 - You and I are mature, freethinking adults.
你我都是明白事理、思想自由的成年人。 - There's easily enough room for two adults and three children, plus a dog in the boot
能宽宽松松容下两个大人、三个孩子，而且后备箱里还可以放只狗。 - Children tend to have relatively larger heads than adults in proportion to the rest of their body.
与成人相比，儿童头部占整个身体的比例相对较大。 - There are qualitative differences in the way children and adults think
孩子和成年人的思维方式有质的不同。 - Thyme tea can be used by adults for its antiseptic qualities.
百里香茶的杀菌功效可用于成人。 - The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
我之前建议成人服用的剂量可以降到1/2或者1/4。 - The adults had reasserted their old authority.
大人们重申他们旧时的权威。 - One rule specifies that learner drivers must be supervised by adults
一条规则明确规定，见习驾驶员必须有成人的监督。 - The company has targeted adults as its primary customers.
这家公司将成年人作为其主要顾客。 - Most adults believe state schools are underfunded.
大多数成年人都认为公立学校经费不足。 - We now have a community where kids and adults can go to the park unmolested.
在我们现在的社区，大人小孩都可以随意进出公园。 - Have the party on a Saturday, when you can get your partner and other willing adults to help
把聚会安排在周六，这样你就可以找自己的搭档和其他愿意帮把手的成年人来帮忙了。 - Many adults still depend on their children to work the video.
很多成年人仍然要靠孩子来操作录像机。 - Those children want to be level with adults.
那些孩子要与大人们平起平坐。