young
adjective /jʌŋ/
/jʌŋ/
(comparative younger
Idioms /ˈjʌŋɡə(r)/
/ˈjʌŋɡər/
, superlative youngest /ˈjʌŋɡɪst/
/ˈjʌŋɡɪst/
)幼小的;未成熟的 - Young babies need to be wrapped up warmly.
年幼的婴儿需要被温暖地包裹起来。 - a young country
新成立的国家 - Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.
毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。 - It's a young wine, not really up to drinking yet.
这是新酿的葡萄酒,还不太适合饮用。 - The night is still young (= it has only just started).
夜晚刚刚开始。 - Small businesses, especially young ones, tend to operate on a tight budget.
小企业,尤其是年轻企业,往往预算紧张。
- 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。 - It's quite a young orchestra.
这是一支相当年轻的管弦乐队。
- Young babies need to be wrapped up warmly.
年轻的;岁数不大的;相对年轻的 - young people
年轻人 - They sent many young men and women off to war.
他们把许多青年男女送上战场。 - My son's thirteen but he's young for his age (= not as developed as other boys of the same age).
我儿子十三岁了,但他比实际年龄显得小。 - I'm too young to remember much about the 1990s.
我太年轻了,不太记得90年代的事。 - They married young (= at an early age).
他们结婚很早。 - My mother died young.
我母亲去世得早。 - She looks much younger than her 39 years.
她看起来比她39岁时年轻多了。 - I don't know how families with young children manage to cope.
我不知道有小孩的家庭是如何应对的。 - a young girl/boy/adult/person
年轻女孩/男孩/成年人/人 - In his younger days he played rugby for Wales.
他年轻的时候在威尔士队踢橄榄球。 - I am the youngest of four sisters.
我是四姐妹当中最小的。 - talented young football players
天才的年轻足球运动员 - I met the young Michelle Obama at Princeton.
米歇尔 · 奥巴马年轻的时候,我在普林斯顿见过她。 - Her grandchildren keep her young (= keep her feeling young).
她的孙子孙女让她保持年轻。
Wordfinder- adolescent
- age
- elderly
- generation
- infant
- juvenile
- middle-aged
- minor
- teenage
- young
Wordfinder- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Topics Life stagesa1- He seemed quite young to have so much responsibility.
要担负如此多的责任,他好像太年轻了。 - He still looks young for his age.
以他的年龄来说,他看起来依然显小。 - I felt young again.
我觉得又年轻了。 - She looked young enough to be his daughter.
她看起来很年轻,可以做他的女儿。 - She still looks very young.
她看起来仍然很年轻。 - I met the young Bill Clinton at .
我在牛津遇见了年轻的比尔·克林顿。 - The composer died tragically young, just three days before her thirtieth birthday.
这位作曲家不幸早逝,就在她30岁生日的三天前。 - The team is full of talented young players.
该队荟萃了才华横溢的年轻选手。 - This story is about a handsome young prince who falls in love with a village girl.
这个故事是关于一个英俊的年轻王子爱上了一个农村女孩。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- young at heart
- young for your age
- young people
由年轻人(或儿童)构成的;青少年的;平均年龄小的 - They have a young family.
他们家的孩子还小。 - a young audience
青少年观众 - This cottage would be perfect for a couple with a young family.
这栋小别墅对家里有幼儿的夫妇来说非常理想。
- They have a young family.
- suitable or appropriate for young people
synonym youthful年轻人的;青年的;适合青年人的 - young fashion
年轻人的时尚 - The clothes she wears are much too young for her.
她穿的衣服显得过于年轻了。
- young fashion
- young man/lady/woman used to show that you are angry or annoyed with a particular young person
(对年轻人表示生气或恼怒) - I think you owe me an apology, young lady!
小姐,我认为你应该向我道歉!
- I think you owe me an apology, young lady!
- the youngerused before or after a person’s name to show the difference between them and an older relative
(用于姓名之前或之后,以区别于年长的亲戚) - the younger Kennedy
年纪较轻的那位肯尼迪 - (British English, formal) William Pitt the younger
小威廉 · 皮特
- the younger Kennedy
词源Old English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.
Idioms
be getting younger
- (informal) used to say that people seem to be doing something at a younger age than they used to, or that they seem younger because you are now older
(表示做某事的人好像越来越年轻) - The band's fans are getting younger.
这支乐队的歌迷越来越年轻了。 - Why do police officers seem to be getting younger?
为什么警察好像越来越年轻了?
- The band's fans are getting younger.
not be getting any younger
- (informal) used when you are commenting that time is passing and that you are growing older
老了;岁月不饶人 - We need to start thinking about our retirement. We’re not getting any younger, you know.
我们需要开始考虑我们的退休。你知道,我们不再年轻了。
- We need to start thinking about our retirement. We’re not getting any younger, you know.
(have) an old head on young shoulders
- used to describe a young person who acts in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person of their age
年轻老练;少年老成
young at heart
- thinking and behaving like a young person even when you are old
人老心不老 - My father is 76 but he’s still young at heart.
我父亲已经76岁了,但他内心仍然年轻。 - He's over 70, but he's young at heart.
他 70 多岁了,但内心依然年轻。
- My father is 76 but he’s still young at heart.
you’re only young once
- (saying) young people should enjoy themselves as much as possible, because they will have to work and worry later in their lives
行乐当及年少时;青春只有一次