grown-up

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◎ 单词释义

adj.成人的

n.成年人

第三人称复数:grown-ups

/">成人英语MBA联考单词大全The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 亦拼作grownup,用作名词时up不重读。

1. (用作儿语)成年人,大人
A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children.

e.g. Jan was almost a grown-up...
简都快是个大人了。
e.g. Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.
告诉孩子们,如果被人欺负就告诉大人。

2. 成熟的;成年的;长大的
Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.

e.g. I have grown-up children who're doing well.
我的几个孩子已经长大成人并且事业有成。

3. 似成人的;成熟的
If you say that someone is grown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.

e.g. She's very grown-up.
她表现得很像个大人。

4. 适于成人的;成人的
Grown-up things seem suitable for or typical of adults.

e.g. Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。
e.g. She talked in a grown-up manner.
她说起话来像个大人。

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grown-up的用法及例句:

Not all men are grown-up.(并不是所有的男人都成熟。)

He's a grown-up now.(他现在是成年人了。)

I've grown up that way.(我就是那样长大的。)

The child was clearly puzzled at being addressed in such a grown-up way.(这孩子显然对别人用这种成年人的方式称呼他感到纳闷。)

Her children have grown up.(她的孩子已经长大了。)

When I was nine or ten someone explained to me that when you are grown up you have to work.(在我9岁或10岁的时候,有人跟我解释说,人长大之后必须工作。)

Maybe I have grown up.(也许是我长大了。)

What do you want to be when you're grown-up?(你长大后想做什么?)

Now I have grown up.(现在我长大了。)

They have three grown-up sons.(他们有三个成年的儿子。)

People who have learnt the alphabet late, when already grown-up.