a youth, a young man
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。
youth，teenager，adolescent，juvenile
这些名词均有“年轻人，青少年”之意。
youth现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。
teenager主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。
adolescent比teenager正式，侧重年龄。
juvenile指青少年，系法律上的常用词。
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》
The music evoked memories of her youth.
这乐曲勾起了她对青年时期的回忆.
——《简明英汉词典》
We need someone with youth, glamour and pizzazz.
我们需要一位年富力强、魅力十足、风度翩翩的人。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
She desired the love of the handsome youth.
她渴望得到那个美貌青年的爱情.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.
我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。
柯林斯例句
He lost his youth a long time ago.
他早已失去了青春活力.
——《简明英汉词典》
The youth has Adonic features.
那青年有如阿多尼斯的容貌.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
They are in the bloom of youth.
他们处在青春时代.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The wave and curl of her blonde hair gave her sensuality and youth.
波浪形的金色卷发让她显得性感又年轻。
——柯林斯例句
Her youth and beauty besotted him.
她的年轻美貌迷住了他.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The youth patterned his life upon Benjamin Franklin.
那位青年以本杰明·富兰克林为榜样.
《简明英汉词典》
The headstrong recklessness of youth may be fine in some areas, but not behind the wheel of a car.
年轻人在一些方面任性鲁莽一点也许没什么大不了，但是在驾车时可不行。
柯林斯例句
"What a dump!" Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel.
“真够脏乱的！”克丽丝特布尔站在青年旅社的门口说道。
——柯林斯例句
Fourthly, to return to the youth movement.
第四, 我再讲到青年运动.
——《简明英汉词典》
The flowers on the dining table touched the place with spring and youth.
餐桌上的花给饭厅带来一点春天和青春的气息.
——《简明英汉词典》
In his youth he was enamoured of music.
他年轻的时候酷爱音乐.
《简明英汉词典》
He set out to fight the drug infestation of Omaha by reclaiming a youth from the local gangs.
他从挽救当地帮派的一个年轻人入手着力消除奥马哈的毒品泛滥问题。
——柯林斯例句
He had been a talented musician in his youth.
他年轻时很有音乐天才。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
We are now piloting through Parliament a new strategy to tackle youth crime.
我们正促使议会顺利通过解决青少年犯罪问题的一项新策略。
——柯林斯例句
We had a few injuries and had to use youth team kids as subs.
我们有几名队员有伤，只好用青年队的小队员做替补。
——柯林斯例句
In his youth, he was matched against some of the most famous fighters of his day.
他年轻时曾和当时最有名的一些拳击手较量过.
——《简明英汉词典》
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少时懒惰老来苦.
——《简明英汉词典》
The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。
——柯林斯例句
The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.
青年培训计划一直持续到1983年底。
——柯林斯例句
One's youth never returns.
青春不再.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The youth was fortunate in having understanding parents.
这个青年有通情达理的父母,真幸运.
——《简明英汉词典》
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