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成年人grown-up[英][ɡrəʊn ʌp] [美][ˈɡronˌʌp] 中英文故事：哪里来的女孩子（1） 第一次有人不再称我为女孩的时候，我19岁。那个暑期我在一家体育用品商店工作。一个小男孩拿着一罐网球不放,他的妈妈想把球从他手中取出，以便放在柜台上付账。 “把东西给我吧，彼得，"她说（我至今还记得那个男孩的名字），“来，让妈妈把这罐网球交给这位可爱的女士，咱们就可以回家了。”我震惊了，一时间竟然没反应过来她是在指我。女士？我？我还记得当时低头看了看自己的胸部。我看到自己胸部平平，腿上穿着牛仔裤，脚上蹬着运动鞋。我还是一个女孩啊！难道她没看出来？我不是"女士”！不是成年人！天啊。 The first time someone addressed me as anything other than a girl, I was nineteen years old and working at a sporting goods store over my summer break. The mother of a young boy was trying to wrestle a can of tennis balls away from him so that she could put it up on the counter to pay. “Come on, Peter,” she said (yes, I still remember the kid's name). “Let me give this to the nice lady so we can go home. ’’ I was startled. It even took me a moment to realize that she was referring to me. LADY? Me? I’m almost sure that I looked down at my own chest—taking in my modest bosom，jeans-clad legs and sneakered feet. But I was a girl! Couldn't she see? Not a “lady” ！ Not a grown-up! Eew! 中英文例句 1. I've been invited to a grown-up halloween party. 我被邀请参加一个成人万圣节之夜聚会。 2. Presumably accountants and bankers feel that their jobs are more grown-up. 可以想见，会计师和银行家会感觉自己的工作更成人化。 3. So the grown-up thing is to do something to rescue the financial system. 所以“成人”的行为在于为拯救金融体系做些什么。 4. At the end, doubts are raised about the effects of tremendous wealth on the couple's two grown-up children. 到末了，不免让人怀疑这对夫妇的巨额财富对两个长大成人的孩子有何影响。 5. Female elephants live together in a matriarchal clan, consisting of a mother with her grown-up daughters and all of their offspring. 母系氏族的雌性大象，生活在一起，由一个母亲和长大成人的女儿以及它们的后代的所有成员所组成 |
