Definition of adolescent in English:

adolescent

adjective adəˈlɛs(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt

1(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.
（年轻人）处于青春成长期的
many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a fun book for adults, and a perfect one for adolescent girls.
- Theories about the emotional and moral development of adolescent girls are then presented.
- Healthy development for early adolescent girls is defined by these tasks.
- O'Connell has created a tale that appeals to many adolescent girls.
- Pregnancy and child bearing occur before adolescent girls are fully developed, exposing them to great health risks.
- I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
- Thanks to the flashbulbs of photographers and the screaming of adolescent girls, the atmosphere was more like a pop concert than a sporting event.
- He knew of an adolescent girl who had been brought on three weekends to the hospital in Tullamore by gardaí who had found her wandering aimlessly.
- Mounting their own protest of sorts, wealthy adolescent girls will insist on buying their clothes secondhand.
- In more recent work, Gilligan focuses on the moral development of adolescent girls.
- Fully developed adolescent boys tend to be stronger and larger than adolescent girls.
- Many people worldwide, usually adolescent boys, have had their lives completely taken over by computer games.
- The people who are at risk for inadequate iron would be young infants, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age.
- My daughter lives in Maine, and she runs a wilderness program for adolescent girls in trouble.
- For example, the author suggests that an adolescent girl's self esteem is an internal biological process.
- Last year an American study found that 97 per cent of adolescent girls believe that women should be paid equally.
- Dietary supplement use is a well-documented practice among adult and adolescent athletes.
- Screening to detect problem drinking is recommended in all adult and adolescent patients.
- And it is a traditional coming-of-age story, the struggle of an adolescent girl to find her voice.
- It seemed logical to develop a companion model of adolescent boys' sexual health.
Synonyms
teenage, teenaged, pubescent, youthful, young, juvenile
informal teen
1. 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of adolescence.
  （与）青春期（有关）的
  his adolescent years
  他的青少年时代。
  adolescent problems
  青春期问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Consequently, it is easy to forget the adolescent emotional turmoil that embroils the youngest ones.
  Almost right away, as the adolescent pair sat down, a tall and skinny teenage waitress was there to take their order.
  You can feel that special, adolescent magnetism that comes from two alienated teenagers.
  However the first movie was adolescent nonsense, lacking in both characterisation and narrative.
  Do tapered jeans, legwarmers, unicorns and green mascara remind you of your adolescent years?
  They speak in an almost matter-of-fact way, recounting the catalogue of bad behaviour that has characterised the adolescent years for Alan.
  To do this they must take into account the characteristics of adolescent behaviour.
  Is it not hard enough to manage these oversized automobiles around the city without the yelling of voices and pushing of adolescent teens?
  They are attracted to each other because of raging hormones that are present especially during your teenage and adolescent years.
  In pygmies, this adolescent growth spurt does not occur, hence their characteristic short stature.
  Aside from the teenage pregnancy strategy, few public health initiatives focus on adolescent health.
  Teenagers should be told explicitly about the pitfalls of adolescent sex.
  Both parents help feed the young during the long adolescent period.
  Indeed, the early autonomy for the young child of divorce may preclude adolescent individuation.
  Both young women are experiencing adolescent discontents at the beginning of the ballet.
  The adolescent and teenage birth rate has fallen by nearly half since 1992.
  The young malamute can pass through an adolescent stage where it attempts to assert itself by growling.
  Creating a show specifically for teenagers, Irvine and Mcleary decided to capitalise on the adolescent obsession with the gothic.
  The nubile young lead, Adela, is played with convincing adolescent frustration by Isabel Claffey in her Abbey debut.
  Soon, he could hear adolescent voices: most likely two younger guys and two girls.
  Synonyms
  immature, childish, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile, jejune, inane, silly, fatuous
  undeveloped, unsophisticated, inexperienced, callow

noun adəˈlɛs(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt

An adolescent boy or girl.
青少年
the books are aimed at children and adolescents
Example sentencesExamples
- At this time also adolescents begin to think hypothetically and abstractly.
- The standard of behaviour, especially that of young adolescents, has become a matter of concern.
- Some young girls, dressed as choir boys joked and held each other like the adolescents they were.
- The adolescents that applied to the school were hoping to mimic Trevi's rise to fame.
- Children, adolescents, parents and teachers should be made aware of this problem.
- Dorothy works with adolescents and teens, as well as adults and couples on a wide range of issues.
- The youth workers are employed to assist and help adolescents and teenagers.
- How can the legal system and courts better meet the needs of children and adolescents?
- I had worked with adolescents before, but this was a completely different experience.
- Are adolescents really any more troubled or troubling than before?
- For those children and adolescents newly presenting with depression the situation is different.
- Fantasy is not the only genre that young adolescents show a preference for as readers.
- She draws a metaphor for how this is contrary to her work with children and adolescents.
- There has been a lot of change in the pattern of life that adolescents follow now.
- The two boys first met at preschool, but it is as adolescents that they meet again.
- In almost all situations adolescents are both children and adults at the same time.
- No one discusses health issues pertaining to adolescents in the villages and the girls have no one to turn to.
- Does the government see adolescents and youth as a cohesive group that needs separate attention?
- Signs of malnutrition are on the increase, especially among children and adolescents.
- It expects two things of adolescents: that they achieve academically and are law-abiding.
Synonyms
teenager, youngster, young person, young adult, young man, young woman, young lady, young one, youth, juvenile, minor
schoolboy, schoolgirl, boy, girl, lad, lass, stripling, fledgling, whippersnapper
Scottish &amp Northern English bairn
informal teen, teenybopper, kid, young 'un, shaver
archaic hobbledehoy

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin adolescent- 'coming to maturity', from adolescere, from ad- 'to' + alescere 'grow, grow up', from alere 'nourish'. The adjective dates from the late 18th century.

Both adolescent and adult (mid 16th century) come from Latin adolescere, ‘to grow to maturity’. The root of the Latin word is alescere ‘to grow up’, which in turn derives from alere ‘to nourish or give food to’, so the idea of coming to maturity is closely related to the idea of feeding yourself up. See also alimony

Rhymes

acquiescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent

Definition of adolescent in US English:

adolescent

adjectiveˌadəˈles(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt

1(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.
（年轻人）处于青春成长期的
Example sentencesExamples
- Mounting their own protest of sorts, wealthy adolescent girls will insist on buying their clothes secondhand.
- Theories about the emotional and moral development of adolescent girls are then presented.
- It seemed logical to develop a companion model of adolescent boys' sexual health.
- Screening to detect problem drinking is recommended in all adult and adolescent patients.
- Last year an American study found that 97 per cent of adolescent girls believe that women should be paid equally.
- My daughter lives in Maine, and she runs a wilderness program for adolescent girls in trouble.
- Thanks to the flashbulbs of photographers and the screaming of adolescent girls, the atmosphere was more like a pop concert than a sporting event.
- This is a fun book for adults, and a perfect one for adolescent girls.
- Fully developed adolescent boys tend to be stronger and larger than adolescent girls.
- Healthy development for early adolescent girls is defined by these tasks.
- He knew of an adolescent girl who had been brought on three weekends to the hospital in Tullamore by gardaí who had found her wandering aimlessly.
- And it is a traditional coming-of-age story, the struggle of an adolescent girl to find her voice.
- For example, the author suggests that an adolescent girl's self esteem is an internal biological process.
- Many people worldwide, usually adolescent boys, have had their lives completely taken over by computer games.
- O'Connell has created a tale that appeals to many adolescent girls.
- Dietary supplement use is a well-documented practice among adult and adolescent athletes.
- In more recent work, Gilligan focuses on the moral development of adolescent girls.
- I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
- Pregnancy and child bearing occur before adolescent girls are fully developed, exposing them to great health risks.
- The people who are at risk for inadequate iron would be young infants, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age.
Synonyms
teenage, teenaged, pubescent, youthful, young, juvenile
1. 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of adolescence.
  （与）青春期（有关）的
  his adolescent years
  他的青少年时代。
  adolescent problems
  青春期问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are attracted to each other because of raging hormones that are present especially during your teenage and adolescent years.
  Teenagers should be told explicitly about the pitfalls of adolescent sex.
  Is it not hard enough to manage these oversized automobiles around the city without the yelling of voices and pushing of adolescent teens?
  To do this they must take into account the characteristics of adolescent behaviour.
  Almost right away, as the adolescent pair sat down, a tall and skinny teenage waitress was there to take their order.
  Both young women are experiencing adolescent discontents at the beginning of the ballet.
  They speak in an almost matter-of-fact way, recounting the catalogue of bad behaviour that has characterised the adolescent years for Alan.
  In pygmies, this adolescent growth spurt does not occur, hence their characteristic short stature.
  The adolescent and teenage birth rate has fallen by nearly half since 1992.
  Creating a show specifically for teenagers, Irvine and Mcleary decided to capitalise on the adolescent obsession with the gothic.
  Indeed, the early autonomy for the young child of divorce may preclude adolescent individuation.
  The nubile young lead, Adela, is played with convincing adolescent frustration by Isabel Claffey in her Abbey debut.
  Do tapered jeans, legwarmers, unicorns and green mascara remind you of your adolescent years?
  You can feel that special, adolescent magnetism that comes from two alienated teenagers.
  However the first movie was adolescent nonsense, lacking in both characterisation and narrative.
  Both parents help feed the young during the long adolescent period.
  Consequently, it is easy to forget the adolescent emotional turmoil that embroils the youngest ones.
  The young malamute can pass through an adolescent stage where it attempts to assert itself by growling.
  Aside from the teenage pregnancy strategy, few public health initiatives focus on adolescent health.
  Soon, he could hear adolescent voices: most likely two younger guys and two girls.
  Synonyms
  immature, childish, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile, jejune, inane, silly, fatuous

nounˌadəˈles(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt

An adolescent boy or girl.
青少年
Example sentencesExamples
- Children, adolescents, parents and teachers should be made aware of this problem.
- No one discusses health issues pertaining to adolescents in the villages and the girls have no one to turn to.
- The youth workers are employed to assist and help adolescents and teenagers.
- How can the legal system and courts better meet the needs of children and adolescents?
- Are adolescents really any more troubled or troubling than before?
- Does the government see adolescents and youth as a cohesive group that needs separate attention?
- It expects two things of adolescents: that they achieve academically and are law-abiding.
- I had worked with adolescents before, but this was a completely different experience.
- There has been a lot of change in the pattern of life that adolescents follow now.
- Some young girls, dressed as choir boys joked and held each other like the adolescents they were.
- Dorothy works with adolescents and teens, as well as adults and couples on a wide range of issues.
- The standard of behaviour, especially that of young adolescents, has become a matter of concern.
- The two boys first met at preschool, but it is as adolescents that they meet again.
- At this time also adolescents begin to think hypothetically and abstractly.
- The adolescents that applied to the school were hoping to mimic Trevi's rise to fame.
- For those children and adolescents newly presenting with depression the situation is different.
- Fantasy is not the only genre that young adolescents show a preference for as readers.
- She draws a metaphor for how this is contrary to her work with children and adolescents.
- Signs of malnutrition are on the increase, especially among children and adolescents.
- In almost all situations adolescents are both children and adults at the same time.
Synonyms
teenager, youngster, young person, young adult, young man, young woman, young lady, young one, youth, juvenile, minor

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin adolescent- ‘coming to maturity’, from adolescere, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’. The adjective dates from the late 18th century.

词汇	adolescent
释义	Definition of adolescent in English: adolescent adjective adəˈlɛs(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt 1(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult. （年轻人）处于青春成长期的 many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children Example sentencesExamples This is a fun book for adults, and a perfect one for adolescent girls. Theories about the emotional and moral development of adolescent girls are then presented. Healthy development for early adolescent girls is defined by these tasks. O'Connell has created a tale that appeals to many adolescent girls. Pregnancy and child bearing occur before adolescent girls are fully developed, exposing them to great health risks. I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference. Thanks to the flashbulbs of photographers and the screaming of adolescent girls, the atmosphere was more like a pop concert than a sporting event. He knew of an adolescent girl who had been brought on three weekends to the hospital in Tullamore by gardaí who had found her wandering aimlessly. Mounting their own protest of sorts, wealthy adolescent girls will insist on buying their clothes secondhand. In more recent work, Gilligan focuses on the moral development of adolescent girls. Fully developed adolescent boys tend to be stronger and larger than adolescent girls. Many people worldwide, usually adolescent boys, have had their lives completely taken over by computer games. The people who are at risk for inadequate iron would be young infants, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age. My daughter lives in Maine, and she runs a wilderness program for adolescent girls in trouble. For example, the author suggests that an adolescent girl's self esteem is an internal biological process. Last year an American study found that 97 per cent of adolescent girls believe that women should be paid equally. Dietary supplement use is a well-documented practice among adult and adolescent athletes. Screening to detect problem drinking is recommended in all adult and adolescent patients. And it is a traditional coming-of-age story, the struggle of an adolescent girl to find her voice. It seemed logical to develop a companion model of adolescent boys' sexual health. Synonyms teenage, teenaged, pubescent, youthful, young, juvenile informal teen 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of adolescence. （与）青春期（有关）的 his adolescent years 他的青少年时代。 adolescent problems 青春期问题。 Example sentencesExamples Consequently, it is easy to forget the adolescent emotional turmoil that embroils the youngest ones. Almost right away, as the adolescent pair sat down, a tall and skinny teenage waitress was there to take their order. You can feel that special, adolescent magnetism that comes from two alienated teenagers. However the first movie was adolescent nonsense, lacking in both characterisation and narrative. Do tapered jeans, legwarmers, unicorns and green mascara remind you of your adolescent years? They speak in an almost matter-of-fact way, recounting the catalogue of bad behaviour that has characterised the adolescent years for Alan. To do this they must take into account the characteristics of adolescent behaviour. Is it not hard enough to manage these oversized automobiles around the city without the yelling of voices and pushing of adolescent teens? They are attracted to each other because of raging hormones that are present especially during your teenage and adolescent years. In pygmies, this adolescent growth spurt does not occur, hence their characteristic short stature. Aside from the teenage pregnancy strategy, few public health initiatives focus on adolescent health. Teenagers should be told explicitly about the pitfalls of adolescent sex. Both parents help feed the young during the long adolescent period. Indeed, the early autonomy for the young child of divorce may preclude adolescent individuation. Both young women are experiencing adolescent discontents at the beginning of the ballet. The adolescent and teenage birth rate has fallen by nearly half since 1992. The young malamute can pass through an adolescent stage where it attempts to assert itself by growling. Creating a show specifically for teenagers, Irvine and Mcleary decided to capitalise on the adolescent obsession with the gothic. The nubile young lead, Adela, is played with convincing adolescent frustration by Isabel Claffey in her Abbey debut. Soon, he could hear adolescent voices: most likely two younger guys and two girls. Synonyms immature, childish, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile, jejune, inane, silly, fatuous undeveloped, unsophisticated, inexperienced, callow noun adəˈlɛs(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt An adolescent boy or girl. 青少年 the books are aimed at children and adolescents Example sentencesExamples At this time also adolescents begin to think hypothetically and abstractly. The standard of behaviour, especially that of young adolescents, has become a matter of concern. Some young girls, dressed as choir boys joked and held each other like the adolescents they were. The adolescents that applied to the school were hoping to mimic Trevi's rise to fame. Children, adolescents, parents and teachers should be made aware of this problem. Dorothy works with adolescents and teens, as well as adults and couples on a wide range of issues. The youth workers are employed to assist and help adolescents and teenagers. How can the legal system and courts better meet the needs of children and adolescents? I had worked with adolescents before, but this was a completely different experience. Are adolescents really any more troubled or troubling than before? For those children and adolescents newly presenting with depression the situation is different. Fantasy is not the only genre that young adolescents show a preference for as readers. She draws a metaphor for how this is contrary to her work with children and adolescents. There has been a lot of change in the pattern of life that adolescents follow now. The two boys first met at preschool, but it is as adolescents that they meet again. In almost all situations adolescents are both children and adults at the same time. No one discusses health issues pertaining to adolescents in the villages and the girls have no one to turn to. Does the government see adolescents and youth as a cohesive group that needs separate attention? Signs of malnutrition are on the increase, especially among children and adolescents. It expects two things of adolescents: that they achieve academically and are law-abiding. Synonyms teenager, youngster, young person, young adult, young man, young woman, young lady, young one, youth, juvenile, minor schoolboy, schoolgirl, boy, girl, lad, lass, stripling, fledgling, whippersnapper Scottish &amp Northern English bairn informal teen, teenybopper, kid, young 'un, shaver archaic hobbledehoy Origin Late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin adolescent- 'coming to maturity', from adolescere, from ad- 'to' + alescere 'grow, grow up', from alere 'nourish'. The adjective dates from the late 18th century. Both adolescent and adult (mid 16th century) come from Latin adolescere, ‘to grow to maturity’. The root of the Latin word is alescere ‘to grow up’, which in turn derives from alere ‘to nourish or give food to’, so the idea of coming to maturity is closely related to the idea of feeding yourself up. See also alimony Rhymes acquiescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent Definition of adolescent in US English: adolescent adjectiveˌadəˈles(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt 1(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult. （年轻人）处于青春成长期的 Example sentencesExamples Mounting their own protest of sorts, wealthy adolescent girls will insist on buying their clothes secondhand. Theories about the emotional and moral development of adolescent girls are then presented. It seemed logical to develop a companion model of adolescent boys' sexual health. Screening to detect problem drinking is recommended in all adult and adolescent patients. Last year an American study found that 97 per cent of adolescent girls believe that women should be paid equally. My daughter lives in Maine, and she runs a wilderness program for adolescent girls in trouble. Thanks to the flashbulbs of photographers and the screaming of adolescent girls, the atmosphere was more like a pop concert than a sporting event. This is a fun book for adults, and a perfect one for adolescent girls. Fully developed adolescent boys tend to be stronger and larger than adolescent girls. Healthy development for early adolescent girls is defined by these tasks. He knew of an adolescent girl who had been brought on three weekends to the hospital in Tullamore by gardaí who had found her wandering aimlessly. And it is a traditional coming-of-age story, the struggle of an adolescent girl to find her voice. For example, the author suggests that an adolescent girl's self esteem is an internal biological process. Many people worldwide, usually adolescent boys, have had their lives completely taken over by computer games. O'Connell has created a tale that appeals to many adolescent girls. Dietary supplement use is a well-documented practice among adult and adolescent athletes. In more recent work, Gilligan focuses on the moral development of adolescent girls. I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference. Pregnancy and child bearing occur before adolescent girls are fully developed, exposing them to great health risks. The people who are at risk for inadequate iron would be young infants, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age. Synonyms teenage, teenaged, pubescent, youthful, young, juvenile 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of adolescence. （与）青春期（有关）的 his adolescent years 他的青少年时代。 adolescent problems 青春期问题。 Example sentencesExamples They are attracted to each other because of raging hormones that are present especially during your teenage and adolescent years. Teenagers should be told explicitly about the pitfalls of adolescent sex. Is it not hard enough to manage these oversized automobiles around the city without the yelling of voices and pushing of adolescent teens? To do this they must take into account the characteristics of adolescent behaviour. Almost right away, as the adolescent pair sat down, a tall and skinny teenage waitress was there to take their order. Both young women are experiencing adolescent discontents at the beginning of the ballet. They speak in an almost matter-of-fact way, recounting the catalogue of bad behaviour that has characterised the adolescent years for Alan. In pygmies, this adolescent growth spurt does not occur, hence their characteristic short stature. The adolescent and teenage birth rate has fallen by nearly half since 1992. Creating a show specifically for teenagers, Irvine and Mcleary decided to capitalise on the adolescent obsession with the gothic. Indeed, the early autonomy for the young child of divorce may preclude adolescent individuation. The nubile young lead, Adela, is played with convincing adolescent frustration by Isabel Claffey in her Abbey debut. Do tapered jeans, legwarmers, unicorns and green mascara remind you of your adolescent years? You can feel that special, adolescent magnetism that comes from two alienated teenagers. However the first movie was adolescent nonsense, lacking in both characterisation and narrative. Both parents help feed the young during the long adolescent period. Consequently, it is easy to forget the adolescent emotional turmoil that embroils the youngest ones. The young malamute can pass through an adolescent stage where it attempts to assert itself by growling. Aside from the teenage pregnancy strategy, few public health initiatives focus on adolescent health. Soon, he could hear adolescent voices: most likely two younger guys and two girls. Synonyms immature, childish, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile, jejune, inane, silly, fatuous nounˌadəˈles(ə)ntˌædəˈlɛs(ə)nt An adolescent boy or girl. 青少年 Example sentencesExamples Children, adolescents, parents and teachers should be made aware of this problem. No one discusses health issues pertaining to adolescents in the villages and the girls have no one to turn to. The youth workers are employed to assist and help adolescents and teenagers. How can the legal system and courts better meet the needs of children and adolescents? Are adolescents really any more troubled or troubling than before? Does the government see adolescents and youth as a cohesive group that needs separate attention? It expects two things of adolescents: that they achieve academically and are law-abiding. I had worked with adolescents before, but this was a completely different experience. There has been a lot of change in the pattern of life that adolescents follow now. Some young girls, dressed as choir boys joked and held each other like the adolescents they were. Dorothy works with adolescents and teens, as well as adults and couples on a wide range of issues. The standard of behaviour, especially that of young adolescents, has become a matter of concern. The two boys first met at preschool, but it is as adolescents that they meet again. At this time also adolescents begin to think hypothetically and abstractly. The adolescents that applied to the school were hoping to mimic Trevi's rise to fame. For those children and adolescents newly presenting with depression the situation is different. Fantasy is not the only genre that young adolescents show a preference for as readers. She draws a metaphor for how this is contrary to her work with children and adolescents. Signs of malnutrition are on the increase, especially among children and adolescents. In almost all situations adolescents are both children and adults at the same time. Synonyms teenager, youngster, young person, young adult, young man, young woman, young lady, young one, youth, juvenile, minor Origin Late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin adolescent- ‘coming to maturity’, from adolescere, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’. The adjective dates from the late 18th century.
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