grown-up
英 ['ɡrəun'ʌp]
美
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- 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.
- 1. After sixteen years of marriage they have grown bored with each other.
- 结婚16年后，他们已经渐渐彼此厌倦了。
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- 2. This club has grown in stature over the last 20 years.
- 这家俱乐部在过去20年间知名度大增。
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- 3. Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
- 为什么成年人总是那么一本正经，对好点子反应那么迟缓呢？
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- 4. Enormous acreages of soya beans are grown in the United States.
- 美国种植着大片的大豆。
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- 5. Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures.
- 社会科学家们已经变得十分不愿意对文化作出价值判断。
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