C2 a young person who is developing into an adult青少年
Examples
He looked uncomfortable, like a self-conscious adolescent who's gone to the wrong party.
I'm looking after six adolescents for a week.
She doesn't understand the emotional problems of adolescents.
being or relating to an adolescent青春期的;青少年的
used to describe an adult or an adult's behaviour that is silly and like a child's(成年人或其行为)孩子气的,幼稚的
More examples
He eventually outgrew his adolescent interest in war and guns.
The council was hoping to turn a children's home into a residence for adolescent girls.
My daughter became quite difficult to deal with during her adolescent years.
A lot of adolescent girls suffer from low self-esteem.
It's sad to see a grown man acting in such an adolescent way.
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