angry young man
noun /ˌæŋɡri jʌŋ ˈmæn/
/ˌæŋɡri jʌŋ ˈmæn/
(plural angry young men)
- (especially British English) a young person who strongly criticizes political and social institutions. The phrase was originally used by British newspapers in the late 1950s, after the success of the play Look Back in Anger by John Osborne, to describe young British writers like Osborne, Kingsley Amis and Alan Sillitoe.
愤怒的年轻人:强烈批评政治和社会制度的年轻人。在约翰·奥斯本(John Osborne)的戏剧《回顾愤怒》(Look Back in Anger)成功之后,这个词最初是由英国报纸在1950年代后期使用的,用来形容像奥斯本,金斯利·阿米斯和艾伦·西利托(Alan Sillitoe)这样的年轻英国作家。