grown-up

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  • adj.成熟的；成年的；长大成人的；适合成人的
  • n.大人
  • Web成年人；指成年人
Plural Form：grown-ups  

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grown-up
adj.
1.
成熟的；成年的；长大成人的mentally and physically an adult
What do you want to be when you're grown-up?
你长大成人后想做什么？
She has a grown-up son.
她有个已成年的儿子。
2.
适合成人的；成人特有的suitable for or typical of an adult
The child was clearly puzzled at being addressed in such a grown-up way.
听到别人用这种成人的方式跟自己说话，那个孩子显然感到不知所措。

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AllAll,成熟的成熟的,成年的成年的,长大成人的长大成人的,适合成人的适合成人的,大人大人,成年人成年人,指成年人指成年人
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1.
Now grown up, for you; I am strong, and for you; I changed for you. I know it is all in vain!
现在长大了，为你；我坚强了，为你；我改变着，为你。只是我知道这一切都是徒然！
xiàn zài zhǎng dà le , wèi nǐ ; wǒ jiān qiáng le , wèi nǐ ; wǒ gǎi biàn zhe , wèi nǐ 。 zhǐ shì wǒ zhī dào zhè yí qiè dōu shì tú rán !
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2.
I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up.
我请孩子们原谅我把这本书献给了一个大人。
wǒ qǐng hái zi men yuán liàng wǒ bǎ zhè běn shū xiàn gěi le yī gè dà ren 。
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3.
"She's a quiet one, " he thought; "she's grown up in poverty, and I am marrying for the sake of my motherless children. "
他已经折磨死两个老婆，正在物色第三个，于是就看中了她，说她“性格文静，生在贫苦人家，而我呢，之所以结婚，是为了失去母亲的孩子。”
tā yǐ jīng zhé mó sǐ liǎng gè lǎo pó , zhèng zài wù sè dì sān gè , yú shì jiù kàn zhòng le tā , shuō tā " xìng gé wén jìng , shēng zài pín kǔ rén jiā , ér wǒ ne , zhī suǒ yǐ jié hūn , shì wèi le shī qù mǔ qīn de hái zi 。 "
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4.
The child talked to us as if he were a grown-up.
那孩子跟我们谈起话来像个成年人似的。
nà hái zi gēn wǒ men tán qǐ huà lái xiàng gè chéng nián rén shì de 。
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5.
Once, he told me if he'd grown up differently, he might have become a mathematician.
有一次，他告诉我，如果自己成长方式有所区别，可能会成为数学家。
yǒu yī cì , tā gào su wǒ , rú guǒ zì jǐ chéng zhǎng fāng shì yǒu suǒ qū bié , kě néng huì chéng wéi shù xué jiā 。
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6.
I know it seems like you have to be a grown up and have nice things, but you've got to think long-term.
我知道你感觉作为一个成人应该物质生活丰富，但是你要从长远来看这件事情。
wǒ zhī dào nǐ gǎn jué zuò wéi yī gè chéng rén yīng gāi wù zhì shēng huó fēng fù , dàn shì nǐ yào cóng cháng yuǎn lái kàn zhè jiàn shì qíng 。
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7.
Her mother's war was all to do with the family's evacuation from the Channel Islands, where she had grown up.
她母亲的经历则完全是她一家从她成长的海峡群岛撤离的事。
tā mǔ qīn de jīng lì zé wán quán shì tā yì jiā cóng tā chéng zhǎng de hǎi xiá qún dǎo chè lí de shì 。
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8.
It's like pictures of children: You know they've grown up, but it's only when you look at the old pictures that you realize just how much.
就如同看你的孩子们旧时的照片：你知道他们已经长大，但只有当翻看老照片时你才能倍感他们成长得有多快。
jiù rú tóng kàn nǐ de hái zi men jiù shí de zhào piàn : nǐ zhī dào tā men yǐ jīng zhǎng dà , dàn zhǐ yǒu dāng fān kàn lǎo zhào piàn shí nǐ cái néng bèi gǎn tā men chéng zhǎng de yǒu duō kuài 。
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9.
I feel fortunate to have grown up in a passionate, hugging Italian family. I associate hugging with a more universal kind of love.
成长在一个富有激情，乐于拥抱的意大利家庭，我感到很幸运。我把拥抱与更普遍的爱联系在一起。
chéng zhǎng zài yī gè fù yǒu jī qíng , lè yú yōng bào de yì dà lì jiā tíng , wǒ gǎn dào hěn xìng yùn 。 wǒ bǎ yōng bào yǔ gèng pǔ biàn de ài lián xì zài yì qǐ 。
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10.
The 'denier' pretends problems don't exist; this person may have grown up in a family where everyone feared facing unpleasant emotions.
“否定者”则假装问题并不存在，这种人的家人可能都害怕正视不愉快的情绪。
" fǒu dìng zhě " zé jiǎ zhuāng wèn tí bìng bù cún zài , zhè zhǒng rén de jiā rén kě néng dōu hài pà zhèng shì bù yú kuài de qíng xù 。
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