teenagers

/ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒər/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈinˌedʒɚz] /ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒɚ/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈinˌedʒɚz] /ˈtēn-ˌā-jər How to pronounce teenager (audio)/ (ame, mw)

teenagers — 名詞

1. a person aged 13 to 19, at the stage between childhood and adulthood.

1.名詞A2
釋義

青少年

十三至十九歲的年輕人

a person aged 13 to 19, at the stage between childhood and adulthood.

例句

Eitan spends most of his free time at the skate park with other teenagers.

Eitan 大部分空閒時間都待在滑板公園，和其他的青少年在一起。

Aoi started her first part-time job when she was a teenager.

Aoi 十幾歲時就開始了第一份兼職工作。

countable sing/pl: ‘a teenager’ / ‘teenagers’

同義詞
  • adolescent

    more formal or medical in tone, used in psychology and academic writing

  • teen

    informal, common in everyday speech and journalism

  • youth

    broader range (roughly 15–24); can sound more positive or official

反義詞
  • adult

    a person who has reached full growth and maturity

  • child

    a young person below the age of roughly 12 or 13

文法句型

teenager(s) + plural verb

常見錯誤

❖ ‘I have a teen age brother’ ✅ ‘I have a teenage brother.’ — ‘teen age’ is not one word; the adjective form is ‘teenage’.

❖ ‘My son is a teenager old.’ ✅ ‘My son is a teenager.’ — ‘teenager’ already means a person of that age; do not add ‘old’.