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词汇 coming-of-age
释义 coming of age
noun[ S ]
uk /ˌkʌm.ɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/ us /ˌkʌm.ɪŋ əv ˈeɪdʒ/
Someone's coming of age is the time when that person legally becomes an adult and is old enough to vote.成年(到法定年龄,享有选举权)
the time when someone matures emotionally, or in some other way(人)成熟之时
the time when something starts to become successful: 成功之时
the coming of age of democracy in the country国家民主的日臻完善
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stages of life
adolescence
adult life
adulthood
adultification
adultify
boyhood
childhood
come of ageidiom
day
golden age
healthspan
heyday
in my dayidiom
in your salad daysidiom
prime
rite of passage
salad
schooldays
someone's declining yearsidiom
those were the daysidiom

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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 to celebrate the fact that someone is legally an adult: 庆祝成年的
The bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah are Jewish coming-of-age ceremonies.男孩成人礼和女孩成人礼是犹太人的成年仪式。
a coming-of-age party庆祝成年派对
relating to or describing the time when someone changes from a child into an adult: 有关成长的,有关成年的
This is a coming-of-age story about young love.这是一个关于青春爱情的成长故事。
a coming-of-age movie/novel成长电影/小说
The story is based on his own coming-of-age experiences.这个故事是根据他自己的成长经历写成的。
relating to the fact or showing that something has become fully developed or successful: 成熟,发达,成功
The Olympics marked a spectacular coming-of-age celebration for the nation.奥运会的举办成为这个国家进入成熟阶段的辉煌庆典。
In the Latino community, a girl's 15th birthday is a big coming-of-age celebration.
Camping outside the village was part of a coming-of-age ritual for boys.
"Diner" was an indisputable classic, one of the best coming-of-age comedies ever made.
The film tells the coming-of-age adventures of three teenage boys, obsessed with sex, rebelling against their parents, and worrying about the future.
This felt like a coming-of-age moment for the Internet.
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
afterparty
April Fool's Day
baby shower
bachelor party
backslapping
dinner
dinner dance
Easter egg hunt
fayre
feast
masked ball
masquerade
mela
Mother's Day
New Year's Eve
tea party
trick-or-treating
Valentine's Day
wassail
wassailer

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Examples of coming of age


coming of age
In fact, their coming-of-age stories are remarkably straightforward and unsentimental, featuring few regrets and little self-pity.
The largest and most revealing were those celebrating the employers themselves, none more so than a son's coming-of-age.
By the early twentieth century, new perceptions of female youth would transcend the boundaries of expert discourse and increasingly inform broader understandings of female coming-of-age.
Models are essential to this welcome coming-of-age.
In fact, when carefully compared it is the differences, not the similarities, between recollections of youth in the 1880s and recollections of coming-of-age in the 1930s that seem truly striking.
Movies have taken their place, and modern fiction seems to be in this rut of the coming-of-age story, 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-age project for him.
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Boys celebrating their coming-of-age ceremony wear a loincloth.
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It follows the coming-of-age of two children as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events.
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They also organise coming-of-age summer 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 at coming-of-age ceremonies dedicated their childish locks to the local naiad of the spring.
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Sea otter pelts were given in potlatches to mark coming-of-age ceremonies, weddings, and funerals.
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The teleplay was a coming-of-age drama 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 the coming-of-age genre.
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The book is a principally a coming-of-age tale and a nautical adventure involving pirates and the search for lost treasure.
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