| 单词 | adult |
| 释义 | adult (ædʌlt , US ədʌlt ) Word forms: adults 1. countable noun A1 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. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Synonyms: grown-up, mature person, person of mature age, grown or grown-up person 2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] A2 An adult is a fully developed animal. ...a pair of adult birds. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A2 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. 4. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] 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. [approval] We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink. ...dealing with emerging sexuality in an adult way. 5. adjective 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. Collocations: adult care Reduced community services and more charges for home help, adult care and cleaning or rubbish services. Times, Sunday Times Other services likely to be disrupted or closed include adult care services, libraries, art galleries, museums and town halls. Times, Sunday Times The rules apply to all homes providing adult care. The Sun And there are continual directives on adult care. Times, Sunday Times In addition to arranging adult care they have a duty to stimulate a diverse market for care provision. Times, Sunday Times The adult choir has seventy committed singers. Christianity Today Church choirs were active with 54 members in the adult choir, 24 in the youth choir and 36 in the junior choir. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Young choristers acquire skills which prepare them well for later life and our great adult choirs benefit from a regular throughput of trained choristers. Times, Sunday Times Regular gigs with adult choirs followed, as, from the age of 10, did performances at functions, including the odd wedding. Times, Sunday Times When three adult choirs merged into one, some leaders felt left out and told me so. Christianity Today The two were in a relationship in the 1990s and have an adult daughter. Times,Sunday Times We somehow muddled through, and she has become a faithful, loving, attentive, adult daughter. Christianity Today I also got to see my adult daughter at her capable, brave best. Times, Sunday Times Take the example of parents with one adult daughter. Times, Sunday Times Their adult daughter snared him by hiding a webcam in the kitchen. The Sun He wants to make a business in adult entertainment. Times, Sunday Times He maintained that we were publishing 'adult entertainment'. Times, Sunday Times These premium-rate texts don't just come from adult entertainment services but customer helplines, directory enquiries and charity text donations too. Times, Sunday Times These banks are believed to be uncomfortable with being linked with potential owners who made their money in the adult entertainment business. Times, Sunday Times But if you are looking for original and adult entertainment, put this high on your list. Times, Sunday Times It was quite an adult household. Times,Sunday Times Also, we're best suited for an adult household. Houston Chronicle Single adult households who have support bubbles with another household may meet indoors, but other friends and family members cannot visit one another inside homes. Times,Sunday Times From 1965 to 1968, the income of single pensioner households as a percentage of other one adult households rose from 48.9% to 52.5%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Adult learner/executive students often expect professors to have practical experience as an accountant or in commercial organizations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Towards a changing profile of the adult learner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In response to community needs, graduate, doctorate and adult learner programs were added. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Adult learners and those studying from the workplace are growing in number. Times, Sunday Times Many adult learners want to continue discussing their learning and the internet can be a very powerful tool to do this. Times, Sunday Times I have already opted out of teaching non-accredited classes in an adult learning and leisure college. Times, Sunday Times It will also include a writing competitions and an adult learning drive. The Sun The challenge, run in workplaces, libraries and adult learning providers, encourages less confident readers to read six books and write a diary about it. The Sun This was much reduced with effective adult learning provision. Times, Sunday Times The event also reminds politicians and policymakers that adult learning matters. Times, Sunday Times Call it the cuckoo club, but the fallout from the recession has meant that more adult offspring, not only impoverished graduates, are boomeranging back home. Times, Sunday Times In a hostile economy, adult offspring are less inclined to flee the nest. Times, Sunday Times The prospect of an adult offspring getting in touch for a companionable relationship would be appealing. Times, Sunday Times The patriarch of a family has created a self-contained world in which his adult offspring are kept in a state of suspended childhood. Times, Sunday Times The surge in the cost of renting means that more adult offspring are living with their parents. Times, Sunday Times He'd like to find new love and get rid of his adult son, who sees no reason to move out. Times, Sunday Times My adult son has learning difficulties. Times, Sunday Times They have an affectionate relationship with their adult son. Times, Sunday Times That was after she had received permission from her adult son. Times, Sunday Times But he would not negotiate and threw his phone out of the window when his adult son arrived to talk to him. The Sun He called for additional adult supervision on school buses. The Sun Some can go to the park without adult supervision, some not. Times, Sunday Times Some councils and youth charities say disadvantaged youngsters are the most likely to flout rules, with a lack of adult supervision or entertainment at home. Times,Sunday Times Never play in the water without adult supervision. Times, Sunday Times Yet now they must dig only the shallowest of holes, with adult supervision, then fill them in. The Sun Until match day, the organisers are running a 'buy one get one free' offer on every adult ticket bought. Times, Sunday Times I had checked the website to see the entrance prices and it listed the price of an individual adult ticket. Times, Sunday Times One adult ticket was 60.40, now 27, and includes one digital photo. The Sun Year-on-year prices for the cheapest adult ticket to a match in the top four divisions has risen by 11.7 per cent, jumping from an average of 19.01 to 21.24. The Sun Adult ticket prices will range from 16 for some of the lowerprofile group matches to 395 for the most expensive tickets at the final. Times, Sunday Times With the average adult taking home 1,543 a month, that means almost a fifth goes on work-related costs. Times, Sunday Times The average adult spends hours each week checking comparison sites. The Sun It takes total cash expenses and divides that total by the average adult attendees or giving units. Christianity Today A similar survey by the hotel firm two years ago found the average adult got seven hours and 12 minutes of kip per night. The Sun The average adult now spends three hours and 15 minutes a day connected to the internet, up 11 minutes from a year ago. Times, Sunday Times Every competent adult has the right to refuse any treatment. canada.com These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times P. 4 (e) (2) (b) required only that service be made on a competent adult who resides at the residence of the defendant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For even in the case of rationally competent adults, there appears to be a plurality of interests that merit protection by human rights. The Times Literary Supplement In contrast, more competent adults will begin by trying to analyze more complexity from the start and will have difficulty finding the best analyses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet war, in this sense, should be the fully adult theme for the novel. Times, Sunday Times The presenters are neither fully adult nor properly young. Times, Sunday Times In one sculpture, a fully adult human face emerges from a womb. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fully adult examples often show the light flames only upon the upper whorls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gradually, however, a change began as she became fully adult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within four weeks, the cells had spontaneously re-organised and grown into a replacement organ that had the same structure and complexity as a healthy adult thymus. Times, Sunday Times On average, people with the disease paid 133 - nearly four times the 37 average cost of an annual travel policy for a healthy adult. The Sun This program sought to promote positive identity and competence by creating a strong bond with a healthy adult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Calves were vulnerable to wolves, while healthy adult aurochs probably did not have to fear these predators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They make up approximately 1% of the total blood volume in a healthy adult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I was proud of her, of her intention to travel alone like a mature adult. The Sun The inner cell mass of the blastocyst eventually forms the mature adult body. The Scientist A mature adult may have a carapace width of up to 25cm 0 and weigh up to 3 kg. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The album was a serious attempt for the band to penetrate the charts, mainly focusing on mature adult contemporary songs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Through successive moults the nymphs develop wings until their final moult into a mature adult with fully developed wings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A normal level of sleep - around eight hours a night - may protect middle-aged adults with one or more of the conditions, the study revealed. The Sun But even middle-aged adults of sound mind, recounting memories they honestly believe to be true, are not to be trusted. Times, Sunday Times In addition to bringing together the old and young, daily intergenerational sessions also brought a new group of younger and middle-aged adults into the care home. Times, Sunday Times In the same study, 15% of middle-aged adults experienced this type of midlife turmoil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moderate deficiency in thiamine may reduce growth in young populations, in increase chronic illness in both young and middle-aged adults. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a duty that could be delegated, either to the bus or to a responsible adult. Times, Sunday Times Look in your heart as a responsible adult. The Sun Then, you should let a responsible adult know what's happened. The Sun Ensure fireworks are under the control of a responsible adult. The Sun Wake up and act like a responsible adult. The Sun I wrote to the charity's chief executive to complain about the tactics used and how despicable it was to target a vulnerable adult. Times, Sunday Times The definitions of vulnerable adult are just as ludicrous. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes, even when in some ways severely impaired, a vulnerable adult may still be competent enough to not be regarded by the relevant authorities as sufficiently childlike for long-term care. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I am 48 and worked in a care home with vulnerable adults so it cost me my job. The Sun Forensic officers yesterday combed the semi — day thought to be owned by — a housing association for vulnerable adults. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 成年人, 成年人的 Japanese: 大人, 大人の |
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