| 短语 | come of age |
| 释义 | come of agea. to reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult到达法定年龄; 成年b. if 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.这个时期电影真正发展成熟，成为一种艺术形式。⇒NEW AGE¹ ,NEW AGE²come of agea. 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.太空技术直到 20 世纪 50 年代才真正趋于成熟。 come of age (of a person) reach adult status (in UK law at 18, formerly 21) （人）成年（英国法律现规定18岁成年, 原为21岁）。 ■ (of a movement or activity) become fully established （运动, 活动）完全确定, 成熟： space travel will then finally come of age. 太空旅行终将实现。 ˌcome of ˈage1when a personcomes of age,they reach the age when they have an adult's legal rights and responsibilities成年；达到法定年龄see alsocoming of age2if sthcomes of age,it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it成熟；发达come of agereach the age of 18 or 21 when the law permits a man to manage his own affairs 成年 * He hasn't come of age yet. 他还未到成年。come of age达到成人年龄;成年：When Jack came of age，his first wish was to earn his living by himself and not to depend on his parents any more.杰克达到成人年龄时，他的第一个愿望就是独立谋生，不再依赖他的父母。 |
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