pubescent

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“They even let pubescent girls swim in the sea,” moans the culture minister.
“他們甚至讓青春期的女孩在海里游泳”文化部長(zhǎng)抱怨道。
And yes, tampons for pubescent girls are fine as long as they're comfortable.
對(duì)，棉條對(duì)于青春期的女孩來(lái)說(shuō)非常好，因?yàn)槊迼l更舒適。
She writes about herself and her pubescent, precocious, and, when necessary, cunning behavior with the same sobriety she uses to describe everything else.
她描寫(xiě)她本人，她的早熟，青春期的困惑，而且在必要的時(shí)候，她利用同樣節(jié)制的狡猾行為去描寫(xiě)所有別的事情。

In an impoverished rural society, pubescent girls are bought and sold like cattle, and often treated little better.
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Arranged marriage is also common, and some cultures marry off girls while they are still pubescent or even younger.
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It allows for marriage to pre-pubescent girls, stipulating that Islamic divorce procedures "shall apply to those who have not yet menstruated" (65:4).
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A pubescent child is at the stage in life when they are developing from a child into an adult and becoming able to have children.

A pubescent girl or boy has reached the stage in their life when their body is becoming physically like an adult's.