youth
柯林斯词典
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. 年轻时期
In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor. 在我年轻时我的抱负曾是当一名发明家。
2. N-UNCOUNT Youth is the quality or state of being young. 年轻
The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth. 这支队伍现在是经验与年轻的一个良好结合体。
3. N-COUNT Journalists often refer to young men as youths, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble. 年轻人 (尤用于新闻报道中指惹了麻烦的年轻人)
A 17-year-old youth was arrested yesterday. 一个17岁的年轻人昨天被逮捕了。
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见。
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youth /juːθ/ (youths/juːθz/)
剑桥词典
- 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)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the period of your life when you are young , or the state of being young
青年时期；年轻，青春
I was a fairly good football player in my youth. 我年轻时是个相当不错的足球运动员。
The first volume is the author's account of his misspent youth in the bars of Dublin. 第一卷是作者对他在都柏林酒吧里虚度青春的叙述。
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诀。
You may not have played tennis as often as him, but at least you've got youth on your side (= you are young ). 你可能没像他那样经常打网球，但至少你有年轻的优势。
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youth noun (BOY)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ] disapprovinga boy or a young man
毛头小伙；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掷石块和瓶子。
youth noun (YOUNG PEOPLE)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词, 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时，在英式英语中，该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中，使用动词的单数更好 ]young people , both male and female , considered as a group
（总称）青年，年轻人
the youth of today 如今的年轻人
the nation's disaffected youth 那个国家心怀不满的年轻人 返回 youth