adult是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 成年人a. 成年的， 充分长成的， 成熟的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I confess, that since Jonah, few whalemen have penetrated very far beneath the skin of the adult whale; nevertheless, I have been blessed with an opportunity to dissect him in miniature.
-- Moreover: we are to consider, that from the presumed great longevity of whales, their probably attaining the age of a century and more, therefore at any one period of time, several distinct adult generations must be contemporary.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As Oliver accompanied his master in most of his adult expeditions too, in order that he might acquire that equanimity of demeanour and full command of nerve which was essential to a finished undertaker, he had many opportunities of observing the beautiful resignation and fortitude with which some strong-minded people bear their trials and losses.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- From the bottom of her heart, from the bottom of her soul, she despised and detested people, adult people.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That black figure with its eyes of fire struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of child-hood came back to my mind.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The old men and boys of the Home Guard marched by, the graybeards almost too weary to lift their feet, the boyswearing the faces of tired children, confronted too early with adult problems.
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