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- (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。
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- relating to or characteristic of this process（与）青春期（有关）的：
his adolescent years
他的青少年时代
adolescent problems.
青春期问题。
- an adolescent boy or girl青少年。
词源
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 cent.