| 单词 | 成年人 |
| 释义 | 〔limit〕The sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted to those over 21.酒精饮料只能出售给21岁以上的成年人。〔mature〕Suitable or intended for adults:适合成年人的；成年人的：〔mature〕Composed of adults:成年人组成的：〔troop〕A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.童子军：由至少五个男童子军或女童子军组成的由一个成年人领导的小队〔mature〕a mature audience.全部是成年人的观众〔studious〕"The major . . . was very studious of his appearance"(H.E. Bates)“成年人十分注意自己的外表”(H.E.贝茨)〔meningioma〕A slow-growing tumor of the meninges, occurring most often in adults.脑膜瘤：脑膜中生长缓慢的肿瘤，常发生于成年人〔baby〕An adult or a young person who behaves in an infantile way.孩子气的人：行为表现出孩子气的成年人或年轻人〔mature〕mature subject matter.成年人考虑的问题〔puerilism〕Childish behavior in an adult, especially as a symptom of mental illness.幼稚行为：尤指作为一种精神病的成年人的孩子气行为〔young〕an emotionally immature adult.情感不成熟的成年人。〔cockhorse〕Something used as a toy horse, such as the knee of an adult or a rocking horse.玩具马，摇摇马：用作玩具马的东西，例如成年人的膝或摇木马〔infantilism〕A state of arrested development in an adult, characterized by retention of infantile mentality, accompanied by stunted growth and sexual immaturity, and often by dwarfism.幼稚病：一种出现于成年人当中的发育停滞的状态，其特点是思维幼稚，伴有发育不良和性方面的不成熟，还有侏儒现象发生〔pedophile〕An adult who is sexually attracted to a child or children.恋童癖者：对孩子有性爱恋的成年人〔adult〕Intended for or befitting adults:成年人的，成人的：倾向于或适合于成年人的：〔accompany〕Chaperon specifies adult supervision of young persons: Chaperon 强调成年人对青年人的监督： 〔adult〕One who has attained maturity or legal age.成年人：已成熟或达到法定年龄的人〔acromegaly〕A chronic disease of adults marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by overactivity of the pituitary gland.肢端肥大症：由于脑下垂体过于活跃而在成年人中引起的一种慢性疾病，常表现为四肢骨骼、脸和下巴的增大〔gross〕"The trick in making a family film . . . is finding ways to interest grown-ups without boring, confusing, or grossing out the younger set"(Christian Science Monitor)“拍家庭戏时正试图运用一些技巧。既能引起成年人的兴趣，又不使年轻人感到厌倦，迷惑或是恶心”(基督教科学箴言报)〔paedomorph〕An organism that retains juvenile characteristics in the adult form.幼稚形态：成年人中对幼儿或青少年特征的保留〔infantilize〕"It creates a crisis that infantilizes them—causes grown men to squabble like kids about trivial things"(New Yorker)“眼下形成一种幼儿化危机——成年人象小儿似的为一些琐事争吵”(纽约人)〔myxedema〕A disease caused by decreased activity of the thyroid gland in adults and characterized by dry skin, swellings around the lips and nose, mental deterioration, and a subnormal basal metabolic rate.粘液性水肿：在成年人中，由甲状腺机能减退引起的疾病，特征为皮肤干燥、唇和鼻子周围肿胀、智力退化和低于正常的基本代谢速度〔workfare〕A form of welfare in which able-bodied adults receiving aid are required to perform public-service work.工作福利制：一种福利形式，接受帮助的健全成年人被要求从事公共服务工作〔diaper〕A similar piece of material, worn by incontinent adults.成人尿布：失禁成年人穿着的类似物品〔custody〕an adult who was given custody of the child.被授予孩子监护权的成年人〔adolescent〕The adolescent grows up to become the adult.The wordsadolescent and adult that refer to these two stages in the human life cycle ultimately come from forms of the same Latin word, adolēscere, meaning "to grow up.” The present participle ofadolēscere, adolēscēns, from which adolescent derives, means "growing up,” while the past participleadultus, the source of adult, means "grown up.” Appropriately enough,adolescent, first recorded in English in a work written perhaps in 1440, seems to have come into the language beforeadult, first recorded in a work published in 1531. 青少年成长为成年人。adolescent 及 adult 这两个词都表示人类生命循环中的两个阶段，并且始终都来自于同一个拉丁词 adolescere 的不同形式，意为“成长”。 现在分词形式的adolescere--adolescens 产生出 adolesent ，表示“正在成长的”， 而其过去分词adultus 则为 adult 的语源，意为“已经长大的”。 很恰当地是，adolescent 约于1440年首次用于英语作品中， 似乎比首次于1531年刊登在一作品中的adult 一词要早出现在英语语言中 〔pedophilia〕Sexual attraction felt by an adult toward a child or children.恋童症：成年人感到的对一个或几个儿童有性吸引力 |
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