英语词汇“adulthood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Children with the disease have little chance of surviving to adulthood.
Nowadays young people want to leave home as soon as they reach adulthood.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And I believed it until adulthood.
Cyril had been stranded, orphaned, in adulthood, in the land of the grown-up.
It tracks her adulthood into old age.
Learning, education, and intellectual growth in most cases were restricted to the period from childhood to young adulthood.
Most adults with cystic fibrosis were found to be living fulfilling lives into adulthood.
The foregoing paragraphs dispose, it is hoped, of some mistaken ideas as to the state and progress of sexuality in adulthood.
They had four sons, two surviving to adulthood.
Under what circumstances does childhood disorder continue into adulthood?

Longman Language Activatorthe time when someone is an adult► adult life

the part of someone's life when they are an adult: · He has spent most of his adult life in the States.

► adulthood

the time when someone is an adult - use this especially to talk about people reaching this time: · Children with the disease have little chance of surviving to adulthood.reach adulthood: · Nowadays young people want to leave home as soon as they reach adulthood.

► maturity

if a person, animal, or plant reaches maturity , they have grown or developed completely: reach maturity: · The plant reaches maturity after two years.· Sharks take 10 years to reach maturity.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early

· Indigestion had been a problem since early adulthood, but was controlled with antacids.· A pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.· All this, of course, falls within the range of normal experience, as you move through your early adulthood.· It is one of several hormones that hit peak levels in the bloodstream in early adulthood and then decline steadily.· Animals might mature faster: a pressurised poultry house, for example, could hurry chickens to earlier adulthood.· Despite her love of exercise, her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years.· Perhaps the most arresting part of Get Happy is the section on Garland's late youth and early adulthood.

► young

· We were thrilled in June to have the first live sea-lion pup born and subsequently raised to young adulthood.· Learning, education, and intellectual growth in most cases were restricted to the period from childhood to young adulthood.· Children were especially vulnerable, but many also died in young or middle adulthood.· In late adolescence and young adulthood, planning skills were in turn related to social functioning and parenting behaviour.

VERB► reach

· Her death was probably accidental, but I doubt that will be much consolation to her children when they reach adulthood.· The proportion reaching adulthood, however, does not usually warrant attempting to raise them as larger live food for fish.· I couldn't break free of the habit even after I reached adulthood.· Amelia bore eight children in her gracious house, six of whom would reach adulthood.· In any event, relatively few cortical neurons are lost after reaching adulthood.

► survive

· If an animal is a parent, it must be good enough to survive at least to adulthood.· Onbr the youngest of her children survived to adulthood.· We do not really know why a greater number of people began to survive into adulthood during this period.· Of the several hundred thousand children who become blind every year, less than half survive to adulthood.

单词	adulthood
释义	adulthoodad‧ult‧hood /ˈædʌlthʊd, əˈdʌlt-/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Children with the disease have little chance of surviving to adulthood. Nowadays young people want to leave home as soon as they reach adulthood. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And I believed it until adulthood. Cyril had been stranded, orphaned, in adulthood, in the land of the grown-up. It tracks her adulthood into old age. Learning, education, and intellectual growth in most cases were restricted to the period from childhood to young adulthood. Most adults with cystic fibrosis were found to be living fulfilling lives into adulthood. The foregoing paragraphs dispose, it is hoped, of some mistaken ideas as to the state and progress of sexuality in adulthood. They had four sons, two surviving to adulthood. Under what circumstances does childhood disorder continue into adulthood? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe time when someone is an adult► adult life the part of someone's life when they are an adult: · He has spent most of his adult life in the States. ► adulthood the time when someone is an adult - use this especially to talk about people reaching this time: · Children with the disease have little chance of surviving to adulthood.reach adulthood: · Nowadays young people want to leave home as soon as they reach adulthood. ► maturity if a person, animal, or plant reaches maturity , they have grown or developed completely: reach maturity: · The plant reaches maturity after two years.· Sharks take 10 years to reach maturity. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early · Indigestion had been a problem since early adulthood, but was controlled with antacids.· A pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.· All this, of course, falls within the range of normal experience, as you move through your early adulthood.· It is one of several hormones that hit peak levels in the bloodstream in early adulthood and then decline steadily.· Animals might mature faster: a pressurised poultry house, for example, could hurry chickens to earlier adulthood.· Despite her love of exercise, her health had been poor since her early adulthood and she was bedridden for many years.· Perhaps the most arresting part of Get Happy is the section on Garland's late youth and early adulthood. ► young · We were thrilled in June to have the first live sea-lion pup born and subsequently raised to young adulthood.· Learning, education, and intellectual growth in most cases were restricted to the period from childhood to young adulthood.· Children were especially vulnerable, but many also died in young or middle adulthood.· In late adolescence and young adulthood, planning skills were in turn related to social functioning and parenting behaviour. VERB► reach · Her death was probably accidental, but I doubt that will be much consolation to her children when they reach adulthood.· The proportion reaching adulthood, however, does not usually warrant attempting to raise them as larger live food for fish.· I couldn't break free of the habit even after I reached adulthood.· Amelia bore eight children in her gracious house, six of whom would reach adulthood.· In any event, relatively few cortical neurons are lost after reaching adulthood. ► survive · If an animal is a parent, it must be good enough to survive at least to adulthood.· Onbr the youngest of her children survived to adulthood.· We do not really know why a greater number of people began to survive into adulthood during this period.· Of the several hundred thousand children who become blind every year, less than half survive to adulthood. the time when you are an adult OPP childhood
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