youth
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult. 年輕時(shí)期
In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor. 在我年輕時(shí)我的抱負(fù)曾是當(dāng)一名發(fā)明家。
2. N-UNCOUNT Youth is the quality or state of being young. 年輕
The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth. 這支隊(duì)伍現(xiàn)在是經(jīng)驗(yàn)與年輕的一個(gè)良好結(jié)合體。
3. N-COUNT Journalists often refer to young men as youths, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble. 年輕人 (尤用于新聞報(bào)道中指惹了麻煩的年輕人)
A 17-year-old youth was arrested yesterday. 一個(gè)17歲的年輕人昨天被逮捕了。
4. N-PLURAL Theyouth are young people considered as a group. 青年人
He represents the opinions of the youth of today. 他代表了如今的青年人的意見。
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youth /ju?θ/ (youths/ju?θz/)
劍橋詞典
- The old man talked about the departed triumphs of his youth.
- The whole play can be interpreted as a lament for lost youth.
- The novel follows the progression of a woman from youth to middle age .
- The youth died of multiple burns .
- A gang of youths were loitering outside the cinema .
youth noun (PERIOD/STATE)
[ 單數(shù)名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]the period of your life when you are young , or the state of being young
青年時(shí)期；年輕，青春
I was a fairly good football player in my youth. 我年輕時(shí)是個(gè)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。
The first volume is the author's account of his misspent youth in the bars of Dublin. 第一卷是作者對(duì)他在都柏林酒吧里虛度青春的敘述。
He looks like a man who's found the secret to eternal youth (= staying young ). 他看上去似乎掌握了永葆青春的秘訣。
You may not have played tennis as often as him, but at least you've got youth on your side (= you are young ). 你可能沒像他那樣經(jīng)常打網(wǎng)球，但至少你有年輕的優(yōu)勢(shì)。
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youth noun (BOY)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] disapprovinga boy or a young man
毛頭小伙；青年男子
Gangs of youths were throwing stones and bottles at the police . 一伙男青年在向警察投擲石塊和瓶子。
youth noun (YOUNG PEOPLE)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞, 指稱集體行動(dòng)的一群人的名詞作為單數(shù)使用時(shí)，在英式英語(yǔ)中，該名詞后面可以使用動(dòng)詞的單數(shù)或者復(fù)數(shù)在美式英語(yǔ)中，使用動(dòng)詞的單數(shù)更好 ]young people , both male and female , considered as a group
（總稱）青年，年輕人
the youth of today 如今的年輕人
the nation's disaffected youth 那個(gè)國(guó)家心懷不滿的年輕人 返回 youth