adolescents
adolescents — 名詞
- adolescentssingular
- adolescentsesplural
1. young people who are no longer children but not yet adults, roughly from 13 to 1
青少年
介於兒童與成年之間的人
young people who are no longer children but not yet adults, roughly from 13 to 19 years old, whose bodies and minds are still growing and who are learning to be more independent.
At fourteen, Saira felt pressured by her best friends to steal make-up from a shop.
十四歲時，Saira 感受到最要好幾個朋友的壓力，要她從店裡偷化妝品。
collocation: feel pressure (from friends / at school)
The Hualien youth centre runs a Wednesday club where adolescents like Apinya discuss family problems safely.
花蓮的青少年中心每週三開辦社團，讓像 Apinya 這樣的青少年可以安心討論家庭問題。
Scientists in Tokyo found that adolescents need about nine hours of sleep each night to stay awake in class.
東京的科學家發現，青少年每晚需要大約九小時的睡眠，才能在課堂上保持清醒。
A group of adolescents in Taipei started a project to clean up beach plastic.
一群台北的青少年發起了一項計畫，要清理海灘上的塑膠垃圾。
文法句型
adolescents + verb (plural)
adjective + adolescents
用法筆記
The singular form 'adolescent' refers to one young person. Use 'adolescents' (plural) when talking about the age group as a whole or multiple individuals.
常見錯誤
adolescents — 形容詞
- adolescentspositive
- more adolescentscomparative
- most adolescentssuperlative
1. relating to the period between childhood and adulthood when a person's body and
青少年的
與青春期有關的
relating to the period between childhood and adulthood when a person's body and personality develop, especially between the ages of 13 and 19.
Beatriz still keeps the diary she wrote during her adolescent years.
Beatriz 仍然保留著她在青少年時期寫的日記。
pattern: adolescent + noun (years / stage / phase)
During his adolescent growth spurt, Bilal grew nine centimetres in four months and had regular knee pain.
在 Bilal 十一歲的青春期成長爆發期，他四個月長了九公分，膝蓋經常疼痛。
The book describes the ups and downs of an adolescent friendship in a small town.
這本書描寫了一個小鎮裡青少年友誼的情感起伏。
Dr. Okafor runs a clinic that specialises in adolescent mental health and eating disorders.
Okafor 醫師開設了一間專門診治青少年心理健康和飲食失調的診所。
文法句型
adolescent + noun
be + adolescent
用法筆記
Use this sense when describing features, experiences, or problems that belong to the teenage period. Do not mix with sense 2 (IMMATURE BEHAVIOUR), which criticises adult behaviour.
常見錯誤
2. describes an adult's speech or behaviour in a critical way, calling it silly, ch
幼稚的
指成人行為像小孩般不成熟
describes an adult's speech or behaviour in a critical way, calling it silly, childish, or lacking emotional control.
Karim's adolescent jokes during the board meeting annoyed his senior colleagues.
Karim 在董事會議上開了幾個幼稚的玩笑，惹惱了資深同事。
pattern: adolescent + noun describing adult behaviour
The mayor called the heckling adolescent and refused to continue the debate.
市長稱那些起鬨的行為很幼稚，並拒絕繼續辯論。
Zuri found her roommate's habit of leaving dirty dishes everywhere rather adolescent for a 30-year-old.
Zuri 覺得她室友把髒碗盤到處亂放的習慣，對一個三十歲的人來說相當幼稚。
When tenth-graders posted cruel comments about a classmate online, the principal called the act adolescent.
當十年級學生在網路上張貼對同班同學殘酷的留言時，校長稱這種行為很幼稚。
- mature
showing adult emotional control and good judgment
- responsible
acting in a sensible, adult way
文法句型
adolescent + noun
be + adolescent
find someone/something + adolescent
用法筆記
This sense carries a negative tone. It is not used to describe actual adolescents — use sense 1 (TEENAGE YEARS) instead. Common in complaints, reviews, and editorial comments.