| 单词 | adolescent |
| 释义 | adolescent (once / 1468 pages) nadj 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. This word refers to all things related to teens — teenagers are adolescent, and the adolescent stage is after puberty and before adulthood. Since adults don't have a high opinion of teenagers, this word is also an insult. Movies full of fart jokes and immature shenanigans are called adolescent. If one adult says to another "You're acting very adolescent" that means "You're acting childish." Adolescent means something close to juvenile, another word that refers to young people and childish people. WORD FAMILYadolescent: adolescence, adolescently, adolescents, preadolescent+/adolesce: adolescent, adolescing/adolescence: adolescences USAGE EXAMPLESBut the next morning, he was woken up by that recurring train whistle, which is somehow connected to his adolescent trauma. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) For school-age children and adolescents, the academy calls for balancing media with other healthy behaviors. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) As an adolescent she saw the futility of that, after her religion deepened and she donned the Islamic headscarf. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity Syn|Hypo|Hyper stripling, teen, teenager chebab a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis moda British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers pachucoa Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes punk, punk rockera teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture rockera teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles young buck, young mana teenager or a young adult male juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed 2adj in the state of development between puberty and maturity adolescent boys and girls Syn immature not yet mature 3adj being of the age 13 through 19 Syn teen, teenage, teenaged immature, young (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth 4adj displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity adolescent insecurity Syn jejune, juvenile, puerile immature characteristic of a lack of maturity 5adj relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent adolescent problems |
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