young

[jʌŋ]
  • adj.

    年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;

  • n.

    年轻人;幼小的动物,崽;

  • 单词变形

    复数: youngs


  • 词义辨析

    下面两个短语意思不同:

    the young Tom
    年轻时代的汤姆
    the young Toms
    汤姆家的孩子们

    下面这个短语有不同的意思:

    the young Tom
    年轻的汤姆
    父子中的“子”(小汤姆)
    汤姆兄弟中的“弟”
    两个汤姆中较年轻的一个

    a young man, a youth

    两者意思不同:a youth指青春发育期至成年时期的男青年,一般指20岁以下的“男青年”; a young man则指21岁至30岁左右的男子。例如:
    When still a youth, he had to make a living by himself.年轻的时候他就不得不一个人谋生。
    Most colorful were the young men and women.最显得绚丽多彩的是那些男女青年。

    young,youthful,juvenile,adolescent

    这些形容词均有“年轻的,年幼的”之意。
    young强调年龄小,处于生长的前期。
    youthful褒义或贬义都可用。指具有青年人的外貌或年轻人应具有的品格。
    juvenile较正式用词,一般12岁以下的少年,着重其生理和智力上的不成熟。
    adolescent指13至16岁左右处于青春期的人,尚不成熟。

  • 双语例句
1、

The youth club leader was unpopular with the young people because he was always flinging his weight around.

青年俱乐部的领导人总爱发号施令,所以不受青年人的欢迎.

——《简明英汉词典》

2、

A young and beautiful girl was leaning with her back against the wainscot.

一个年轻美貌的姑娘正斜靠在壁板上.

——《简明英汉词典》

3、

At least the club keeps the young people off the streets.

起码俱乐部能使年轻人不在街上乱逛了.

——《简明英汉词典》

4、

The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.

战争把许多青年男子吞进了它的无底洞.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

5、

The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.

年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色.

——《简明英汉词典》

6、

The new premier is forming his government mainly from young men.

这位新总理主要从年轻人中物色人选组建政府.

——《简明英汉词典》

7、

That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.

那个强硬的年轻女人排挤走了前任校长,她现在自己当校长.

——《简明英汉词典》

8、

Men and women , old and young, all pitched in.

男女老幼齐动手.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

9、

The young trees have struck root.

这些幼树已经扎根了.

——《简明英汉词典》

10、

All the villagers , men and women , old and young, took part in the battle against the drought.

全村不论男女老幼, 都参加了抗旱斗争.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

11、

You are too young to join the army.

你年龄太小,还不能参军.

——《简明英汉词典》

12、

He is an eligible young man.

他是一个合格的年轻人.

——《简明英汉词典》

13、

The courts are making efforts to bring their crimes home to the young people.

法官们正竭力证实那些年轻人有罪.

——《简明英汉词典》

14、

After his parents died, responsibility for his three younger sisters bore down upon the young man.

双亲去世后, 照顾三个妹妹的重担就压在这个年轻人的肩上.

——《简明英汉词典》

15、

My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young.

我祖母年轻的时候曾当过女佣人.

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16、

The young man is a raw beginner.

那个年轻人是个生手.

——《简明英汉词典》

17、

The court laid the young thief under an obligation to report to the police station once a week.

法院强迫那个小偷每周向警察局报到一次.

——《简明英汉词典》

18、

The aim of the campaign is to make young people believe that smoking is a mug's game.

这项运动的目的是使年轻人相信吸烟是件蠢事.

——《简明英汉词典》

19、

He denied that some young people today were degenerating.

他否认现在某些青年在堕落.

《简明英汉词典》

20、

The young nurse was very nervous when she assisted at her first operation.

这位年轻的护士首次当手术助手时,心情非常紧张.

——《简明英汉词典》

21、

The audience was made up of very young children.

观众由小孩子们组成.

——《简明英汉词典》

22、

There's no use batting your eyelashes at me, young lady!

冲我拋媚眼没有用, 小姐!

——《简明英汉词典》

23、

I'm so glad to have been the means of bringing you two young people together.

我很高兴我起到了使你们两个年轻人相识的作用.

——《简明英汉词典》

24、

The lion fought to protect her young.

那头狮子为了保护其幼狮而进行搏斗.

——《简明英汉词典》

25、

The purpose of the scheme is not to help the employers but to provide work for young people.

这个计划的目的不是为了帮助雇主,而是为青年人提供工作机会.

——《简明英汉词典》

26、

The young man waited up.

年轻人停下来等后面的人赶上去.

——《简明英汉词典》

27、

The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.

那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因.

——《简明英汉词典》

28、

Judging by the sound of his voice, the man couldn't be very young.

听声音, 那人已不太年轻.

——《简明英汉词典》

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