ADJ [usually ADJ n]青少年的;青春期的Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour. 青少年的;青春期的
It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
关键是,青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。
He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.