| 单词 | young |
| 释义 | young adjectiveverbs | adverb | phrases verbs➤be, feel, look, seem年轻；觉得年轻；看上去年轻；显得年轻◆i felt young again.我觉得又年轻了。➤keep保持年轻◆all that exercise keeps her young.所有那些锻炼使她保持年轻。adverb➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.极其／相当／非常年轻◆she still looks very young.她看起来仍然很年轻。➤relatively相当年轻◆he seemed relatively young to have so much responsibility.要担负如此多的责任，他好像太年轻了。➤enough年轻得足以⋯◆she looked young enough to be his daughter.她看起来很年轻，可以做他的女儿。phrases➤young at heart内心年轻◆he's over 70, but he's young at heart.他 70 多岁了，但内心依然年轻。➤young for your age看起来比实际年纪小◆he still looks young for his age.以他的年龄来说，他看起来依然显小。 young adjectiveyoung ♦︎ teenage ♦︎ juvenile ♦︎ junior ♦︎ adolescent ♦︎ teenthese words all describe sb/sth that has lived or existed for only a short time and is therefore not yet fully developed.这些词均表示幼小的、未成熟的、青少年的。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆a young / a teenage / an adolescent boy / girl◆a young / juvenile offender◆a young / teenage fan◆a teenage / teen idol■ young having lived or existed for only a short time; not yet old; consisting of young people or young children幼小的；年轻的；由年轻人（或儿童）构成的；青少年的◆young babies / children / animals小婴儿；幼童；动物幼崽◆caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。◆fruit fresh is a young company that is growing fast.“鲜果”是一家成立不久、发展迅速的公司。◆the team is full of talented young players.该队荟萃了才华横溢的年轻选手。◆i am the youngest of four sisters.我是四姐妹当中最小的。◆they married young (= at an early age).他们很早就结婚了。◆this cottage would be perfect for a couple with a young family (= a couple with young children).这栋小别墅对家里有幼儿的夫妇非常理想。opp old , elderly , aged → old 2 ■ teenage /tiːneɪdʒ/ [usually before noun] between 13 and 19 years old; connected with people of this age十几岁的（指 13 至 19 岁）；青少年的◆the place was full of giggling teenage girls.这地方到处都是咯咯笑的妙龄少女。◆he went through a brief period of teenage rebellion when he was 16.他 16 岁时有过一段短暂的青春叛逆期。 ➡ see also teenager → girl ■ juvenile /dʒuːvənaɪl; name dʒuːvənl/ [only before noun] (formal or law法律) connected with young people who are not yet adults少年的；未成年的◆what can be done to help these juvenile deliquents turn away from crime?究竟能做些什么来帮助这些少年犯远离犯罪呢？◆the government has failed to deal with the problem of juvenile crime.政府没处理好青少年犯罪的问题。opp adult → adult ➡ see also juvenile → girl ■ junior [only before noun] connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports青少年的（尤用于体育语境）◆the world junior tennis championships will be held in paris next month.世界青少年网球锦标赛将于下月在巴黎举行。ⓘ in britain junior also describes a school or part of a school for children between the ages of 7 and 11 or 13.在英国，junior 亦用以描述为 7 至 11 岁或 7 至 13 岁儿童设立的学校或学校的小学部◆my daughter goes into the junior school next year.我女儿明年上小学。◆the junior department小学部■ adolescent /ædəlesnt/ of the age when a child develops into an adult, at some point between 12 and 18 years old青少年的（指 12 至 18 岁）◆the attitudes of adolescent girls青春期女孩的态度 ➡ see also adolescent → girl ■ teen [usually before noun] (especially name, informal) teenage十几岁的（指 13 至 19 岁）；青少年的◆it was a teen magazine, full of glossy pictures of the latest pop idols.那是一本青少年杂志，里面净是最新流行偶像的光彩夺目的照片。 ➡ see also teen → girl young [plural] young animals of a particular type or that belong to a particular mother（同一种类或同一母亲的）幼崽，幼兽，幼鸟◆it carries its young on its back.它把幼崽背在背上。note 辨析 offspring, baby or young? offspring and young are more scientific, factual words. baby is used in everyday language by people who are not experts, and can suggest that the speaker finds the animal attractive or lovable. * offspring 和 young 是较为科学的、描述事实的词语。baby 是非专业的日常用语，意味着说话人觉得小动物讨人喜爱◆the lion's offspring / young狮子的幼崽◆a little baby lion一头小狮子the parent animal must be mentioned or understood when using offspring and young, but not with baby.用 offspring 和 young 时，幼崽的父母必须提及或从上下文中可清楚得知，但用 baby 时不必如此◆the females stay close to their offspring / young.雌兽待在它们的幼崽附近。◆oh look! that one's just a baby!啊，快看！那还只是个幼崽呢！◆that one's just an offspring/a young! younghaving lived or existed for only a short time; not yet old; consisting of young people or young children幼小的；年轻的；由年轻人（或儿童）构成的；青少年的◆young babies / children / animals小婴儿；幼童；动物幼崽◆caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。◆fruit fresh is a young company that is growing fast.“鲜果”是一家成立不久、发展迅速的公司。◆the team is full of talented young players.该队荟萃了才华横溢的年轻选手。◆i am the youngest of four sisters.我是四姐妹当中最小的。◆they married young (= at an early age).他们很早就结婚了。◆this cottage would be perfect for a couple with a young family (= a couple with young children).这栋小别墅对家里有幼儿的夫妇非常理想。opp old , elderly , aged → old 2 young¹/jʌŋ ||; jʌŋ/adj (younger /ˈjʌŋgə(r) ||; ˈjʌŋgɚ/ youngest /ˈjʌŋgɪst ||; ˈjʌŋgɪst/) not having lived or existed for very long; not old 年轻的；幼小的；新成立的: ◇they have two young children. 他们有两个小孩子。◇i'm a year younger than her. 我比她小一岁。◇my father was the youngest of eight children. 我父亲是八个兄弟姐妹中年纪最小的。◇my younger brothers 我的几个弟弟 [opp] old 反义词为oldyoung at heart behaving or thinking like a young person, although you are old 心境年轻young²/jʌŋ ||; jʌŋ/noun[pl] 1. young animals 幼小的动物: ◇swans will attack to protect their young. 天鹅为保护幼鹅会攻击外来者。 2. the young young people considered as a group 年轻人，青少年（统称）: ◇the young of today are more ambitious than their parents. 今天的年轻人比他们的父母更有雄心。 young1 young2 younger than someone else3 a brother or sister who is younger than you4 a young person5 young people in general6 the time when you were young7 affecting or involving young people8 looking or behaving like a young personrelated wordsoppositeold,see alsoage,child,baby,1. young 年幼的 young /jʌŋ/ [adjective] you're too young to smoke. 你年纪太小，不能吸烟。 a single mother with two young children 带着两个年幼孩子的单身妈妈 when i was younger, i used to play a lot of baseball. 我年轻时常常打棒球。 her youngest son works for a television company. 她最小的儿子在一家电视公司上班。 at 35, he is the youngest person to hold this office. 他35岁，是担任这一职位最年轻的人。 little /ˈlɪtl/ [adjective] especially spoken very young - use this to talk about a young child 【尤口】年幼的［用于指小孩子］ when i was little we used to go camping a lot. 我小时候，我们常常去露营。 there were three bridesmaids at the wedding, and even the little one behaved beautifully. 婚礼上有三个女傧相，甚至连年纪最小的一个都举止优雅。little boy/girl a young child, or a young son or daughter 小男孩/女孩 they've been married for ten years and have two little girls. 他们结婚十年，有两个小女孩。 who's that little boy in the blue sweater? 那个穿蓝色毛衣的小男孩是谁？ small /smɔːl/ [adjective] young, usually less than about ten years old 幼小的［通常指十岁以下］ we loved going to the zoo when we were small. 小时候我们喜欢去动物园。 the kids were too small to really understand. 孩子们太小了，不能真正理解。small children she soon discovered that looking after small children was very tiring. 她很快发现，照看年幼的孩子很累人。2. younger than someone else 比别人年轻 younger /ˈjʌŋgəʳ/ [adjective] at school, the younger children go home an hour before the rest. 在学校里，年纪较小的孩子比其他孩子早一小时回家。 he is the most influential of the younger french photographers. 他是法国年轻摄影师中最具影响力的人。 junior /ˈdʒuːniəʳ/ [singular noun] ten years/18 months etc somebody's junior formal ten years, etc younger than someone else 【正式】比某人小十岁/18个月等 sarah is six years my junior. 萨拉比我小六岁。 he was replaced by a young graduate, 10 years his junior. 取代他的是一个比他小十岁的年轻大学毕业生。3. a brother or sister who is younger than you 弟弟或妹妹 younger sister/brother /ˌjʌŋgəʳ ˈsɪstəʳ, ˈbrʌðəʳ/ [countable noun] tony's the oldest - he has two younger sisters. 托尼最大—一他有两个妹妹。 the king was killed by his younger brother. 国王被他的弟弟所杀。 little sister/brother /ˌlɪtl ˈsɪstəʳ, ˈbrʌðəʳ/ [countable noun] a younger sister or brother, especially one who is still a child 小妹妹/小弟弟［尤指还是个孩子］ mike's little brother is doing much better at school than he is. 迈克的小弟弟在学校里的表现比他好多了。 she went to the ballet class with her little sister every week. 她每星期都和她的小妹妹一起去上芭蕾课。 kid sister/brother /ˌkɪd ˈsɪstəʳ, ˈbrʌðəʳ/ [countable noun] informal a younger sister or brother, who is usually still a child 【非正式】小妹妹/小弟弟［通常还是个孩子］ he has a kid sister in the fourth grade at school. 他有个念四年级的小妹妹。 i suddenly realized bobby was more than just an annoying kid brother who always wanted to use my stuff. 我突然意识到，博比不再只是老想用我东西的烦人小弟弟。4. a young person 年轻的人 teenager /ˈtiːneɪdʒəʳ/ [countable noun] someone who is between 13 and 19 years old ［13到19岁之间的］青少年 river phoenix became a famous actor while still a teenager. 里弗·菲尼克斯十几岁时就成了著名演员。 the survey shows that four out of five teenagers have experimented with illegal drugs. 调查显示，五个青少年中有四个尝试过吸毒。 teenage [adjective only before noun] jenny has three teenage children. 珍妮有三个十几岁的孩子。 youth /juːθ/ [countable noun usually plural] a young man between about 15 and 25 years old - use this especially about groups of young men who behave badly or do something illegal 青年男子，小伙子［大概15至25岁之间，尤指一群行为不良或做违法事的青年男子］ one of the youths pushed her against the wall and took her bag. 其中一个小伙子把她往墙上一推，夺走了她的手提包。 the police had questioned three youths, but then later released them without charge. 警方盘问了三名男青年，但后来把他们无罪释放了。 a gang of youths on motorbikes 一帮骑摩托车的青年男子 in your teens /ɪn jɔːʳ ˈtiːnz/ [adverb] someone who is in their teens is between 13 and 19 years old 十几岁时［13至19岁之间］ she had run away from home several times in her teens. 她十几岁的时候几次离家出走。in your early/mid/late teens most of the girls at the concert were in their early teens. 来听音乐会的女孩子大多是十三四岁。 adolescent /ˌædəˈlesənt◂/ [countable noun] someone who is at the age when they change from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about problems that young people have at this age 青少年［尤用于谈论这一阶段年轻人的问题］ john changed from a friendly and cheerful young boy into a confused adolescent. 约翰从一个友好、乐观的小男孩变成了迷茫的少年。 an estimated 62 million americans smoke, including 4.1 million adolescents aged 12-17. 估计有6，200万名美国人吸烟，其中包括410万名12至17岁的青少年。 adolescent [adjective] parents tend to worry more about adolescent daughters than adolescent sons. 对于青春期的孩子，父母一般担心女儿比担心儿子更多。 minor /ˈmaɪnəʳ/ [countable noun] a person under the age when they legally become an adult - used in legal contexts 未成年人［用于法律方面］ stores are forbidden to sell alcohol and cigarettes to minors. 商店禁止向未成年人出售烟酒。5. young people in general 泛指的年轻人 the young /ðə ˈjʌŋ/ [plural noun] the show is extremely popular, especially with the young. 这个节目极受欢迎，尤其是年轻人爱看。 living together without getting married is increasingly common among the young. 未婚同居在年轻人中越来越普遍了。 the youth /ðə ˈjuːθ/ [plural noun] the young people of a particular time or place ［某一时期或某一地方的］青年，年轻人 the youth of the youth of today have much more money than we had 50 years ago. 今天的年轻人比我们50年前有钱多了。 the youth of industrialized nations need to be made aware of global problems. 有必要使工业化国家的年轻人意识到全球面临的问题。6. the time when you were young 年纪小或年轻的时候 childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ [countable/uncountable noun] the time when you are a child 童年 nina had happy memories of her childhood on the farm. 尼娜对于在农场上度过的童年有着美好的回忆。early childhood when you are a young child 幼儿时期 his early childhood was spent with his father in chicago. 他的幼儿时期是与父亲在芝加哥度过的。 childhood [adjective only before noun] my own childhood hero was stirling moss, the racing car driver. 我童年时的偶像是赛车手斯特林·莫斯。childhood illness/memory/friend/experience the smell of the sea brought back childhood memories of long summer holidays spent on the beach. 大海的气息勾起了童年的回忆，让人记起了在沙滩上度过的悠长暑假。 youth /juːθ/ [uncountable noun] the time when you are young, especially the time between 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child 青少年时期［尤指15至25岁］ she revisited all the places where she had spent her youth. 她重游了年轻时常到的每一个地方。in somebody's youth when they were young 某人年轻时 caroline had been a ballet dancer in her youth. 卡罗琳年轻时是个芭蕾舞演员。 adolescence /ˌædəˈlesəns/ [uncountable noun] the time when a young person is changing from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age 青春期［尤用以谈论这一阶段年轻人的问题］ during adolescence, boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence. 青春期的时候，男孩子有时很害羞，而且缺乏自信。7. affecting or involving young people 影响或涉及年轻人的 youth /juːθ/ [adjective only before noun] youth club/group/organization etc a club, group etc for young people 青年俱乐部/团体/组织等 i met her at the local youth club. 我在当地一家青年俱乐部认识了她。 a concert by the national youth orchestra 由国家青年管弦乐团演奏的音乐会 teenage /ˈtiːneɪdʒ/ [adjective only before noun] use this about things produced for teenagers, or things that teenagers do 青少年的［用于指为青少年而生产制造的东西，或青少年会做的事］ the teenage music scene 青少年音乐圈子teenage fashions/magazines/pregnancy/drug-taking etc there has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently. 最近青少年怀孕人数大幅上升。 juvenile /ˈdʒuːvənaɪlǁ-nəl, -naɪl/ [adjective only before noun] use this about crimes by young people 少年的［用于指年轻人犯的罪］ juvenile crime/offender crime by young people/a young person who is a criminal 少年犯罪/少年犯 juvenile crime is an increasing problem in big cities. 少年犯罪是大城市里日趋严重的问题。 many juvenile offenders were being put in adult prisons. 许多少年犯被关押在成人监狱里。juvenile delinquency illegal or bad behaviour by young people 少年犯罪 the public housing units have frequently become slums and hotbeds of crime, especially juvenile delinquency. 公共住房单位经常成为贫民窟和犯罪温床，尤其是少年犯罪。juvenile court a court that deals with crimes by young people 少年法庭 o'brien, 15, will face murder charges in a juvenile court. 奥布赖恩，15岁，将在少年法庭面临谋杀罪指控。 juvenile [countable noun] a young person who has done something illegal 少年罪犯 the treatment of juveniles in the criminal justice system 刑事审判制度中对少年犯的处理8. looking or behaving like a young person 外表或举止像年轻人的 youthful /ˈjuːθfəl/ [adjective] looking or behaving like a young person, even though you are no longer young ［显得］年轻的 at 61, she seems remarkably youthful. 她61岁，看上去非常年轻。 although middle-aged, he had a youthful appearance. 虽然已人到中年，他的样子仍很年轻。 she still manages to bring a youthful enthusiasm and energy to her work. 她对工作仍有青年人的热忱和活力。 look young for your age /lʊk ˌjʌŋ fəʳ jɔːr ˈeɪdʒ/ [verb phrase] to look younger than you really are 看上去比实际年龄年轻 veronique looks very young for her age, and people often think that her daughter is her sister. 韦罗妮克看上去比实际年纪年轻得多，人们常以为她女儿是她妹妹。 mutton dressed as lamb /ˌmʌtn drest əz ˈlæm/ [noun phrase] british someone who dresses in clothes that are only suitable for a much younger person in order to seem younger - use this to say that you think this makes them look silly or embarrassing 【英】打扮过于年轻的人［用于认为某人看上去傻气或令人尴尬］ some people might think that she was ‘mutton dressed as lamb’, but tonight moira really didn't care. 有些人可能认为莫伊拉是“老来俏”，但是今晚她才不在乎呢。☞ young¹☞ young² |
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