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单词 coming of age
释义
coming of age
noun[S]
uk
/ˌkʌm.ɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/us
/ˌkʌm.ɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/
Someone's coming ofageis thetimewhen thatpersonlegallybecomesanadultand isoldenough tovote.
成年（到法定年龄，享有选举权）
thetimewhen someonematuresemotionally, or in some other way
（人）成熟之时
thetimewhen somethingstartstobecomesuccessful:
成功之时
the coming ofageofdemocracyin thecountry国家民主的日臻完善
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stages of life
  • adolescence
  • adulthood
  • age
  • autumn
  • autumn yearsidiom
  • decline
  • early years
  • eventide
  • formative
  • generational
  • get on
  • infancy
  • majority
  • male menopause
  • middle age
  • middle-aged
  • middlescence
  • those were the daysidiom
  • twilight yearsidiom
  • youth
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Turning points & deciding moments
coming-of-age
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌkʌm.ɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/us
/ˌkʌm.ɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/
done tocelebratethefactthat someone islegallyanadult:
庆祝成年的
ThebarmitzvahandbatmitzvahareJewishcoming-of-ageceremonies.男孩成人礼和女孩成人礼是犹太人的成年仪式。
a coming-of-ageparty庆祝成年派对
relatingto ordescribingthetimewhen someonechangesfrom achildinto anadult:
有关成长的，有关成年的
This is a coming-of-agestoryaboutyounglove.这是一个关于青春爱情的成长故事。
a coming-of-agemovie/novel成长电影/小说
Thestoryisbasedon his own coming-of-ageexperiences.这个故事是根据他自己的成长经历写成的。
relatingto thefactorshowingthat something hasbecomefullydevelopedorsuccessful:
成熟，发达，成功
TheOlympicsmarkedaspectacularcoming-of-agecelebrationfor thenation.奥运会的举办成为这个国家进入成熟阶段的辉煌庆典。
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  • In theLatinocommunity, a girl's 15thbirthdayis abigcoming-of-agecelebration.
  • Campingoutsidethevillagewaspartof a coming-of-ageritualforboys.
  • "Diner" was anindisputableclassic, one of thebestcoming-of-agecomediesevermade.
  • Thefilmtellsthe coming-of-ageadventuresof threeteenageboys,obsessedwithsex,rebellingagainsttheirparents, andworryingabout thefuture.
  • Thisfeltlike a coming-of-agemomentfor theInternet.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Celebrations, parties & special occasions
  • a night on the townidiom
  • afterparty
  • April Fool's Day
  • baby shower
  • bachelor party
  • backslapping
  • dinner dance
  • Easter egg hunt
  • fayre
  • feast
  • fest
  • masquerade
  • mela
  • Mother's Day
  • New Year's Eve
  • trick-or-treating
  • Valentine's Day
  • wassail
  • wassailer
  • wassailing
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Stages of life
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(Definition ofcoming of agefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcoming of age

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In fact, theircoming-of-agestories are remarkably straightforward and unsentimental, featuring few regrets and little self-pity.
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The largest and most revealing were those celebrating the employers themselves, none more so than a son'scoming-of-age.
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By the early twentieth century, new perceptions of female youth would transcend the boundaries of expert discourse and increasingly inform broader understandings of femalecoming-of-age.
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Models are essential to this welcomecoming-of-age.
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In fact, when carefully compared it is the differences, not the similarities, between recollections of youth in the 1880s and recollections ofcoming-of-agein the 1930s that seem truly striking.
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Movies have taken their place, and modern fiction seems to be in this rut of thecoming-of-agestory, which is getting really boring.
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A decade in the making, he has often indicated it was a very personal,coming-of-ageproject for him.
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Boys celebrating theircoming-of-ageceremony wear a loincloth.
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It follows thecoming-of-ageof two children as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events.
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They also organisecoming-of-agesummer camps for teenagers where the participants get to discuss ethics, philosophy, religion, human rights, discrimination and other important issues.
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Boys and girls atcoming-of-ageceremonies dedicated their childish locks to the local naiad of the spring.
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Sea otter pelts were given in potlatches to markcoming-of-ageceremonies, weddings, and funerals.
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The teleplay was acoming-of-agedrama about a young man finding his own in the toy business after years of rejecting the corporate lifestyle.
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It is generally agreed to be his best novel and a particularly fine example of thecoming-of-agegenre.
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The book is a principally acoming-of-agetale and a nautical adventure involving pirates and the search for lost treasure.
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