youth
noun /juːθ/
/juːθ/
(plural youths
/juːðz/
/juːðz/
)青年时期(尤指成年以前) - in somebody's youth He had been a talented musician in his youth.
他年轻时很有音乐天才。 - She regrets that she spent her youth travelling and not studying.
她后悔年轻时没有学习,而是旅行。 - to relive/recapture your youth
重温你的青春 - He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young).
他开玩笑地说擅长打牌表明他虚度了青春年华。
Topics Life stagesb1- He played football throughout his youth.
他整个青年时期一直踢足球。 - He started going clubbing in his early youth.
他少年时就开始去夜总会。 - He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen.
他把青春都浪费在了计算机屏幕前。 - His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth.
他资质不足,这被看成是他虚度青春的表现。 - I haven't danced since my youth!
从年轻时起我就未曾跳过舞! - She contracted the disease during her youth.
她在青年时期染上了这个病。 - She saw it as a chance to relive her misspent youth.
她把这看成是重温自己虚度的青年时代的机会。 - She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong.
她的青年时代大部份在香港度过。 - nostalgia for her lost youth
她对逝去的青春的怀念
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- lost
- misspent
- …
- spend
- recapture
- relive
- …
- during your youth
- from youth
- in your youth
- …
- not in the first flush of youth
- in somebody's youth He had been a talented musician in his youth.
年轻;青春;朝气 - She brings to the job a rare combination of youth and experience.
她很年轻,然而干这份工作已有经验,这是很难得的。 - His youth gives him an advantage over the other runners.
他的年轻使他比其他赛跑运动员有优势。
Topics Life stagesb1- Her extreme youth was against her.
她太年轻,这对她不利。 - Though no longer in the first flush of youth she's still remarkably energetic.
尽管已非青春少女,她仍然精力充沛。 - You still have your youth—that's the main thing.
你仍然年轻 - 这是最重要的。 - from youth to maturity
从青年到成年 - in search of eternal youth
寻找永恒的青春
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comparative
- extreme
- eternal
- …
- have
- the fountain of youth
- She brings to the job a rare combination of youth and experience.
- (also the youth)[plural] young people considered as a group
(统称)青年,年轻人 - the nation’s youth
全国青年 - Many people think the youth of today are not taught proper standards of behaviour.
许多人认为当今的年轻人没有受到正确的行为规范教育。 - training for unemployed youth
失业青年培训 - an increase in youth unemployment
青年失业率的增长 - contemporary youth culture
当代青年文化 - a youth worker (= somebody who works with young people)
青年工人 - Youth and adults tend to see things very differently.
年轻人和成年人看待事物的方式往往大相径庭。
Topics Life stagesb2- the aspirations of modern youth
现代青年的抱负 - youth outreach programs run by the charity
慈善机构举办的青年外展服务项目 - a program to educate our youth on the causes of health problems
就健康问题的产生原因对青年人进行教育的节目 - a crackdown on youth crime
针对青少年犯罪的严厉打击 - a club for the gilded youth of London
伦敦纨子弟俱乐部 - The website targets unemployed youth.
该网站针对的是失业青年。 - The Royal Family is facing an uncertain future, according to the nation's youth.
这个国家的年轻人认为,皇室正面临不确定的未来。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- modern
- local
- inner-city
- …
- educate
- target
- corrupt
- …
- culture
- subculture
- centre/center
- …
- the country’s youth
- the nation’s youth
- the youth of today
- …
- the nation’s youth
青年男子;小伙子 - The fight was started by a gang of youths.
这场打斗是一帮小伙子挑起来的。
Topics Life stagesb2- A 17-year-old youth has been arrested.
一名17岁的青年被捕。 - She's going out with some spotty youth.
她目前在跟一个满脸粉刺的小伙子约会。 - He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.
他进报社时还是个乳臭未干的小伙子。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- male
- black
- white
- …
- gang
- group
- The fight was started by a gang of youths.
词源Old English geoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeugd, German Jugend, also to young.