grown-ups
英 [ɡrəʊn ʌps]
美 [ɡroʊn ʌps]
n. 大人; 成人
grown-up的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (用作儿语)成年人,大人
Agrown-upis an adult; used by or to children.- Jan was almost a grown-up...
简都快是个大人了。 - 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。
- Jan was almost a grown-up...
- ADJ 成熟的;成年的;长大的
Someone who isgrown-upis physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.- 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。
- I have grown-up children who're doing well.
- ADJ-GRADED 似成人的;成熟的
If you say that someone isgrown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.- She's very grown-up.
她表现得很像个大人。
- She's very grown-up.
- ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的;成人的
Grown-upthings seem suitable for or typical of adults.- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。 - She talked in a grown-up manner.
她说起话来像个大人。
- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
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。
双语例句
- And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要! - It might sound like playground behaviour, but grown-ups do it too.
这听起来也许像是小朋友的游戏行为,但是大人们也这样做。 - Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups. I have had to grow old.
或许,我已经有点像那些大人,已经变老了。 - This meeting is for grown-ups only.
这次聚会只许成年人参加。 - I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.
我把我的杰作给大人们看,问他们我的画是不是让他们害怕? - I think we are all grown-ups and we have the ability to manage our own affairs.
可我认为,我们都已经长大了,有能力管理自己的事情。 - Our party was composed of three grown-ups and four children.
我们这组是由三个成年人和四个孩子组成的。 - Because, says Papa, this meeting is for grown-ups.
因为,熊爸爸说,这是个成人会议。 - You're not grown-ups; you're just children.
你们还没长大,只是孩子。 - We'll probably be grown-ups by then, but I'll get us two.
到时我们也许都是大人了,不过我会给我们买两个。