【adolescent】 - A-level备考词汇

adolescent

UK:  [.ædə'les(ə)nt]

US:  [.ædə'les(ə)nt]

复数：adolescents  

adj.

1.青年期的,青春期的

n.

1.少年,青少年

2.少年,少女

1 . each adolescent began to see him as the father that they had never had.
每个青少年都已经开始把他看成是他们不曾有过的父亲。

2 . For a couple of months, I waited until she contacted me to tell me about life as an illegally employed adolescent in the big city.
有几个月的时间，我一直等她的消息，直到她联系我并告诉我她在大城市身为非法移民童工的生活。

3 . Offscreen as on, the face looks a little too beautiful to be true, like the kind of adolescent daydream served up in the comic strips.
在银幕下的生活中，她的容貌太美了令人如幻似真，就象那种被漫画系列唤起的少年的遐思。

4 . "I'm looking at the interaction between sexual education and how it impacts young adolescent sexual behavior, " she said.
“我正在寻找性教育和它对青少年性行为的影响之间的关系，”韦勒说道。

5 . When one is adolescent, one is often caught up in one's thoughts and dreams.
一个人处于青春期时，经常陷入深思和梦想之中。