“青少年”英语怎么说

名词解释：青少年，是人类发育过程中的一段时期，介于童年与成年之间。在这段时期里，人类会经历一段青春期，也就是性成熟的过程。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

Youth ranging in age from 10 to 17 and their mothers were polled separately to measure perceived positive and negative friendship qualities in both groups.

Results showed that positive friendship qualities were not always imitated by adolescents; however, negative and antagonistic relationship characteristics exhibited by mothers were much more likely to be mimicked by the youth studied.

Obviously, being exposed to high levels of such conflict generally isn't going to be good for children.

研究分别对10到17岁的青少年和他们的母亲进行了调查，分别记录她们和孩子积极和消极的交友做法。

实验结果显示，青少年不会总是效仿母亲积极处理友情关系的做法;然而孩子们却更容易模仿母亲消极和敌对处理关系的做法。

显而易见，经常当着孩子的面发生激烈的言语冲突对孩子非常有害。

　　【讲解】

文中的adolescent就是“青少年”的意思，指13至16岁左右处于青春期的人，比teenager正式，也可以作形容词，解释为“青少年的;青春期的”，如：The adolescent period is one's best time.(青少年时期是一个人最美好的时光。)

此外，文中的antagonistic是形容词，意为“敌对的;对抗性的”，如：His policy is antagonistic to our interests.(他的政策与我们的利益相抵触。)