coming of age

1. N-SING When something reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people, you can refer to this as its coming of age. 到了...的重要堦段[with supp]

...postwar Germany's final coming-of-age as an independent sovereign state. ...戰(zhàn)後德國作爲一個獨立主權國家的關鍵時刻。

2. N-SING Someone's coming of age is the time when they become recognized as an adult. 成年[with poss]

...traditional coming-of-age ceremonies. ...傳統(tǒng)的成年慶典。