大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 adult
释义：
adult n. 成年人；成年动物
adj. 成年的，发育成熟的；成人的，理智的；（电影、杂志等）仅限于成人的
v. <非正式>像成年人一样表现；<非正式>变成熟
[ 复数 adults 第三人称单数 adults 现在分词 adulting 过去式 adulted 过去分词 adulted 比较级 more adult 最高级 most adult ]
例句：
Each ticket admits one adult.
每张票只准许一位成人入场。
An adult hedgehog can boast 7,500 spines.
一只成年刺猬能有多达7500根刺。
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
儿童必须要有大人陪同。
I've lived most of my adult life in Arizona.
我已在亚利桑那州度过了我大部分的成年生活。
All adult males will be liable for conscription.
所有成年男子都将有义务服兵役。
He had turned into an embittered, hardened adult.
他已变成了一个内心充满怨恨，冷酷无情的成年人。
Most adult education centres offer computer courses.
大多数成人教育中心都设有计算机课程。
Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult.
成为一名父亲意味着他现在是一个成年人了。
Children are admitted only if accompanied by an adult.
儿童必须有成年人陪同方可入场。
She had invested all her adult life in the relationship.
她把成年后的时间全用于维护那一关系。
As an adult, you can assess the situation realistically.
作为成年人，你可以现实地估量这个局势。
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。
She was very sympathetic to the problems of adult students.
她对成年学生的问题很同情。
Adult behaviour is often patterned by childhood experiences.
成年人的行为模式往往是童年经历造成的。
The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day.
一个普通成年男子每天消耗1500到2000卡路里热量。
Children must use an approved child restraint or adult seat belt.
儿童必须使用经过认可的儿童安全带或成人座椅安全带。
Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
通过游戏，孩子们演出了成年人生活的缩影。
It is no longer desirable for adult children to live with their parents.
孩子长大成人后便不再想与父母住在一起了。
Children do not use inflections such as are used in mature adult speech.
儿童不使用像成年人言语中使用的那些词形变化。
Bevin is now an adult and has re-lived her birth experience under hypnosis.
贝文现在已是成年人，在催眠状态下，她再次经历了出生过程。
It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
一个青春期男孩应该有一个他能倾吐心声的成年人，这是很重要的。
Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.
每个问题都为她提出忠告会逐渐削弱她的成年意识。
