adolescent
adolescent 英 [ˌædəˈlesnt] 美 [ˌædə'lesnt]
adj. 青春期的；未成熟的 n. 青少年
名词复数:adolescents
- Adolescent is just a fancy word for teenager — someone who is no longer a child but is not yet an adult. The word can also be used as an adjective. For example, a particular clothing line might be geared toward adolescent girls.
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- adj. 青春期的；未成熟的
- n. 青少年
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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
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2. adolescent boys，adolescent girls，adolescent experiences
青春期的男孩╱女孩╱经历
- adolescent (adj.) 1785, "growing toward maturity," from Latin adolescentem/adulescentem (nominative adolescens/adulescens) "growing, near maturity, youthful," present participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen" (see adolescent (n.)).
- adolescent (n.) mid-15c., "youth, young person, one who is growing up," from Middle French adolescent (15c.) or directly from Latin adolescentem/adulescentem (nominative adolescens/adulescens) "young man or woman, a youth," noun use of an adjective meaning "growing, near maturity, youthful," present participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen," from ad "to" (see ad-) + alescere "be nourished," hence, "increase, grow up," inchoative of alere "to nourish," from a suffixed form of PIE root *al- (2) "to grow, nourish." Adolesce was a back-formed verb used early 20c. (OED quotes H.G. Wells, G.B. Shaw, Louis MacNeice), but it seems not to have taken.
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