adolescent

英 [ˌædəˈlesnt]

美 [ˌædəˈlesnt]

n.  青少年
adj.  青少年的; 青春期的; 未成熟的

复数：adolescents　

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Collins.2 / BNC.8678 / COCA.3386

牛津词典

noun

• 青少年
  a young person who is developing from a child into an adult
  1. adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 and the problems they face
     13至18岁的青少年以及他们面临的问题

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 青少年的;青春期的
  Adolescentis used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
  1. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide...
     关键是，青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。
  2. He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.
     他在教堂的乐队里弹吉他，度过了他的青少年时期。
  3. ...adolescent rebellion.
     青春期的叛逆
  4. Anadolescentis an adolescent boy or girl.
     青少年
  5. Young adolescents are happiest with small groups of close friends.
     青少年在和自己小圈子里的好友呆在一起时最为开心。

英英释义

noun

• a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
  Synonym:striplingteenagerteen

adj

• in the state of development between puberty and maturity
  1. adolescent boys and girls
• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  1. adolescent insecurity
  2. jejune responses to our problems
  3. their behavior was juvenile
  4. puerile jokes
  Synonym:jejunejuvenilepuerile
• being of the age 13 through 19
  1. teenage mothers
  2. the teen years
  Synonym:teenteenageteenaged
• relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
  1. adolescent problems

双语例句

• Most adolescent problems are temporary.
  多数青少年问题是暂时性的。
• Adolescent boys and girls.
  青春期的男孩和女孩。
• He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.
  他在教堂的乐队里弹吉他，度过了他的青少年时期。
• I've waited my entire adolescent life for a date with this girl.
  我已经等了整个青春时光，就为了和这个女生约会。
• 'When I was an adolescent,' says a thirty-one-year-old man, 'I thought girls held all the aces.'
  “当我还是个毛头小伙儿时，”一个31岁的男人说，“我觉得完全是女孩子说了算。”
• Why give publicity to this self-indulgent, adolescent oaf?
  为什么要宣传报道这个行为任性、青春期未满的白痴呢？
• It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide
  关键是，青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。
• The time has come for parents to butt out of the adolescent's daily life.
  到了让父母别再干预未成年子女日常生活的时候了。
• In this community, the defeathering of birds is a task usually undertaken by adolescent girls and young women.
  在这一社区，拔鸟类羽毛是通常由女青少年和少妇从事的一项任务。
• The adolescent crisis is most important.
  青春期易出现的问题是非常重要的。