consenting adult

Word family adjectiveconsentaneousconsentientadverbconsentaneouslyconsentinglynounconsentaneousnessconsentienceconsenting adultverbconsent

Related topics: Law

conˌsenting ˈadult noun [countableC] law

SCLsomeone who is considered to be old enough to decide whether they want to have sex 到达法定承诺年龄的成年人〔可自主决定是否与人发生性关系〕

→ age of consent

Examples from the Corpus

consenting adult• I mean he is a consenting adult.• You may be currently living with a consenting adult you have real affection for.

词汇	consenting adult
释义	consenting adult Word family adjectiveconsentaneousconsentientadverbconsentaneouslyconsentinglynounconsentaneousnessconsentienceconsenting adultverbconsent Related topics: Law conˌsenting ˈadult noun [countableC] law SCLsomeone who is considered to be old enough to decide whether they want to have sex 到达法定承诺年龄的成年人〔可自主决定是否与人发生性关系〕 → age of consent Examples from the Corpus consenting adult• I mean he is a consenting adult.• You may be currently living with a consenting adult you have real affection for.
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