1N-PLURAL [usually with poss](发展初期的)暂时困难 If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development. (发展初期的)暂时困难
There's some sympathy for this new country's growing pains, but that sympathy is fast wearing out.
一些人对这个新国家建国初期遇到的困难表示同情,但是那种同情很快就消失了。
...the growing pains of teenagers experiencing their first taste of adulthood.
刚迈向成年期的青少年的情感焦虑
2N-PLURAL (儿童的)生长痛,发育期痛 If children suffer from growing pains, they have pain in their muscles or joints that is caused by unusually fast growth. (儿童的)生长痛,发育期痛