| 词汇 | come of age |
| 释义 | come of agecome of age 1 a) SCLSSYto reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult 到达法定年龄；成年 b) IMPORTANTif something comes of age, it reaches a stage of development at which people accept it as being important, valuable etc 到达成熟时期 During this period the movies really came of age as an art form. 在这个时期，电影真正发展成为一种艺术形式。 Examples from the Corpus come of age• It must be child development with this goal: that every child be ready for school when that child comes of age.• Britain's adopted children had come of age.• His leap from collector to seller may be the surest sign yet that road-map collecting has come of age.• Morris came of age in the 1850s.• Mozart's music came of age when the baroque style was at its height.• In the 1940s, movies really came of age as a creative art form.• Could 1992 be the year when the environmental revolution really comes of age?• They planned to marry as soon as she came of age.• Emma will inherit a fortune when she comes of age.• Duroc had had to come of age and replace the older Duroc in the service of Nguyen Seth.• However, you will come of age in two months. → come of age at age1(2) 2 a) to reach the age when you are legally considered to be an adult 成年，达到法定年龄 He’ll inherit the money when he comes of age. 他到了法定年龄就可以继承这笔钱。 b) to develop into an advanced or successful form 发展到高级阶段，发展到成功的形式 Space technology didn’t really come of age until the 1950s. 空间技术直到20世纪50年代才真正趋于成熟。 Examples from the Corpus come of age• Britain's adopted children had come of age.• Could 1992 be the year when the environmental revolution really comes of age?• His leap from collector to seller may be the surest sign yet that road-map collecting has come of age.• It must be child development with this goal: that every child be ready for school when that child comes of age.• Duroc had had to come of age and replace the older Duroc in the service of Nguyen Seth.• Morris came of age in the 1850s.• However, you will come of age in two months. → come of age at come1(12) |
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