同近义词辨析
adolescent, teenager, youth, juvenile
这组词都有“年轻人，青少年”的意思，其区别是：
adolescent比teenager正式，侧重年龄。
teenager主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。
youth现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- He is a lanky teenager.
他是个瘦削的少年。 - It is not easy to educate teenagers.
教育青少年不是件容易的事。 - That teenager singer is really dynamite!
那个少年歌手真是轰动一时！
权威例句
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