I've lived most of my adult life in Arizona.

我已在亚利桑那州度过了我大部分的成年生活。

She had invested all her adult life in the relationship.

她把成年后的时间全用于维护那一关系。

Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.

通过游戏，孩子们演出了成年人生活的缩影。

I've been a newspaperman all my adult life.

我成年后一直从事新闻记者工作。

She devoted her whole adult life to the cause of deaf people.

她把她的整个成年生活奉献给了聋人事业。

For my entire adult life, a good education has been the most important thing for middle-class households.

在我的整个成年生活中，接受好的教育一直是中产阶级家庭最重要的事情。

As we leave adolescence behind and enter adult life, no one can teach us how to fall in love and get married.

当我们走出青春期、进入成年生活，没人会教我们如何爱上他人并结婚。

At school, pupils prepare for adult life by learning to carry out almost all the tasks which they will face when they grow older.

在学校里，学生们通过学习完成他们长大后将要面对的几乎所有的任务来为成年后的生活做准备。

I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.

我成年后，发现自己对大多数人认为是理所当然之事知之甚少。

Compared with other hobbies and activities, part-time jobs are healthier and better help teenagers prepare for adult life.

与其他爱好和活动相比，兼职更健康，也更好地帮助青少年为成年生活做准备。

Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.

他成年后的大部分时间都在与债务和不幸作着失败的斗争。

The royal environmentalist has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life.

这位王室环保主义者在成年后的大部分时间里一直在宣扬激进的理念。

Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.

你的孩子最终会离开家，作为完全独立的成年人过她自己的日子。

In her new book Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, writer Kris Carr looks at cancer from the perspective of a young adult who confronts death just as she's discovering life.

作家克里斯·卡尔在她的新书《疯狂性感的癌症小贴士》中，从一个年轻的成年人的角度来看待癌症，这个年轻人在发现生命的同时也面临着死亡。

The findings contradict research published earlier this year showing that returning adult trigger a significant decline in their parents' quality of life and wellbeing.

这一调查结果与今年早些时候公布的研究成果相矛盾，调查发现，成年子女选择与父母一起生活会导致父母的生活质量和幸福感显著下降。

In one study of 400 adult who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school.

在一项对400名成年人（他们在生活的各个方面都取得了卓越的成就）的研究中，研究人员发现，这些人中有五分之三的人要么在学校表现得很糟糕，要么在学校过得不开心。

Like most amphibians these begin life in a juvenile "tadpole" state, then metamorphose into the adult form — except for one species, the axolotl, which famously lives its entire life as a juvenile.

像大多数的两栖动物一样，它们从幼年的“蝌蚪”状态蜕变成成年的形式——蝾螈这个物种除外，众所周知，它一生都处于幼年状态。