teenager


n. 十几岁的青少年;十三岁到十九岁的少年

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teenager (n.)
also teen ager, teen-ager; 1922, derived noun from teenage (q.v.). The earlier word for this was teener, attested in American English from 1894, and teen had been used as a noun to mean "teen-aged person" in 1818, though this was not common before 20c.

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1. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult.
这个少年可能被一个异教组织绑架了。
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2. She was the ideal American teenager, both on and off screen.
无论是在荧幕上还是在生活中,她都是人们心目中完美的美国青少年。
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3. She was a child prodigy, giving concerts before she was a teenager.
她是个神童,十来岁不到就举办音乐会了。
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4. As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School.
十几岁时,他上了塔尔斯山高中。
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5. He was acting like a lovelorn teenager.
他表现得像个害单相思的少年。
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