grown-up
英 ['ɡrəun'ʌp]
美
英文詞源
- grown-up (adj.)
- "mature," late 14c., past participle adjective from grow up. The noun meaning "adult person" is from 1813, short for grown-up person, etc.
雙語例句
- 1. After sixteen years of marriage they have grown bored with each other.
- 結婚16年後,他們已經漸漸彼此厭倦了。
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- 2. This club has grown in stature over the last 20 years.
- 這家俱樂部在過去20年間知名度大增。
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- 3. Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
- 為什麽成年人總是那麽一本正經,對好點子反應那麽遲緩呢?
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- 4. Enormous acreages of soya beans are grown in the United States.
- 美國種植著大片的大豆。
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- 5. Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures.
- 社會科學家們已經變得十分不願意對文化作出價值判斷。
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