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

• 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 researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent health to investigate the relationship between media use and depression.
  研究者在全国范围内对青少年进行了一个关于媒体和抑郁症有何关系的长期的调查。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was nothing like her adolescent crushes.
  这根本不同于她当年情窦初开时的恋情。
• For example, adolescent pregnancy is a major concern in many countries.
  例如，少女怀孕是许多国家关注的重要问题。
• Objective To explore the effect of arthroscopy in diagnosis and treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of elbow joint in adolescent.
  目的探讨肘关节镜在青少年肘关节剥脱性骨软骨炎诊断和治疗中的作用。
• Conduct the education of adolescent knowledge, preventing smoking and drugs among adolescents.
  在青少年中进行青春期教育、防吸烟和吸毒的教育。
• Adolescent sex education is not only the task of school and society, but also the task of family.
  青春期性教育不仅仅是学校和社会的任务，它还应该是家庭的任务。
• Adolescent boys and girls.
  青春期的男孩和女孩。