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young

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Related topics: Youth
young1 /jʌŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp younger, superlativesupl youngest)  
1  a young person, plant, or animal has not lived for very long 年幼的，幼小的；年轻的
 a young child
幼儿
 He’s younger than me.
他比我小。
 You’re too young to get married.
你还太小，不能结婚。
 young trees
小树
 When I was young, I wanted to be a model.
我年轻时候想当模特。
 John was a great footballer in his younger days (=when he was younger).
约翰年轻时是个很棒的足球运动员。
2  NEWa young country, organization, or type of science has existed for only a short time 〔国家、组织或学科〕新成立的，新兴的
 At that time, America was still a young nation.
当时，美国还是个年轻的国家。
 Psychology is a young science.
心理学是一门新兴科学。
3  young lady/man spoken used to speak to a girl or boy when you are angry with them 小姐/年轻人〔生气时用语〕
 Now, you listen to me, young man!
现在，你听我说，年轻人！
Examples from the Corpus
young lady/man• Now, you listen to me, young man!• He certainly got his money's worth, that young man.• Their captors are equally enthralled with the two young men.• Was the future of the Rabari incarnate in this young man?• He was a very beautiful young man, a bit like a girl, perhaps - but still very good-looking.• This is a young man's play, and it feels like one.• This social and hormonal dilemma of young men was illuminated by a series of experiments with Rhesus monkeys in Atlanta.• If Southend police could run in some young man who picked up the car on the Foulness road yesterday afternoon.
4  YOUNGseeming or looking younger than you are 显年轻的，比实际年龄显小的 SYN youthful
 Val is incredibly young for her age.
相对于她的年龄，瓦尔看上去非常年轻。
5. young at heart YOUNGthinking and behaving as if you were young, even though you are old (人老)心不老
Examples from the Corpus
young at heart• Arthur's 96, but he's still young at heart.• It's ideal for children aged over five and adults who are young at heart.• Obtain a fifty five Plymouth for the young at heart.
6  65/82/97 etc years young spoken used humorously to give the age of an old person who seems or feels much younger 65/82/97等岁〔幽默说法，表示老人显得或感觉非常年轻〕
 Next week, Bessie will be 84 years young.
下个星期，贝茜就“芳龄” 84了。
7  SSYdesigned or intended for young people 专为年轻人设计的，面向年轻人的
 I’m looking for something in a younger style.
我在找式样年轻一些的。
8. young gun/Turk a young person who has just started doing a job or being involved in something, and is eager to achieve things or make changes 态度积极的新人，积极求变的新人
9. somebody is not getting any younger used to say that someone is no longer young, especially when they may soon be too old to do something 某人已不再年轻〔尤指他们可能不久就干不了某事〕
n GRAMMAR: Order of adjectives
If there is more than one adjective, the adjectives are usually used in a fixed order.
You say:
He’s a nice young man.
✗Don’t say: He’s a young nice man.
You say:
We met a young German couple.
✗Don’t say: We met a German young couple.
 THESAURUS
young not old 年幼的；年轻的
a young man of about 22
22岁左右的年轻人
My dad died when I was young.
我爸爸在我年龄很小时就去世了。
nThere are excellent facilities for young children.
Young people are often unable to get jobs.
年轻人常常找不到工作。
small/little a small child is very young. Little sounds more informal than small, and is used especially in spoken English 年幼的，幼小的〔little没有small正式，尤用于英语口语〕
They have two small children.
他们有两个年幼的孩子。
We used to go camping a lot when the kids were little.
以前孩子们还小的时候我们经常去露营。
teenage [only before noun] between the ages of 13 and 19 十几岁的，青少年的
a group of teenage boys
一群十几岁的男孩
nThey have three teenage children.
adolescent especially written at the age when you change from being a child into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age 青春期的〔尤用于谈论青春期孩子的问题〕
Sudden mood changes are common in adolescent girls.
青春期女孩子情绪波动大是很常见的。
adolescent behaviour
青春期行为
juvenile /ˈdʒuːvənaɪl $ -nəl, -naɪl/ [only before noun] formal connected with young people who commit crime 青少年的，少年的〔用来指称犯罪的青少年〕
juvenile crime
青少年犯罪
a special prison for juvenile offenders
少年犯特殊监狱
juvenile delinquents (=young people who commit crimes)
少年犯
youthful especially written seeming young, or typical of someone who is young – often used about someone who is no longer young 看上去年轻的；年轻人的〔常用于描述不再年轻的人〕
a youthful 55-year-old
一个看上去很年轻的55岁的人
youthful enthusiasm
年轻人的热情
Andrew still has a slim youthful look about him.
安德鲁依然保持着修长的身材和年轻人的模样。
nThe photograph showed a youthful, smiling Rose.
njunior connected with sports played by young people rather than adults
the junior championships
the junior champion
COLLOCATIONS CHECK
small/little child/girl/boy
teenage girl/boy/daughter/mother/pregnancy
juvenile crime/offence/court/offender/delinquent
youthful enthusiasm/energy/face/look/appearance
when you are young
nchildhood the time when you are a child, especially a young child
I had a wonderful childhood in the country.
childhood illnesses
ngirlhood/boyhood the time when you are a young girl or boy
The two men had been friends in boyhood.
the transition from girlhood to womanhood
nyouth the time when you are young, especially between about 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child
He was a great sportsman in his youth.
She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth.
adolescence the time when you are changing from being a child into an adult – used especially when you are talking about the problems people have at this age 青春期的〔尤用于谈论青春期孩子的问题〕
nDuring adolescence, boys are often lacking in self-confidence.
ninfancy formal the time when you are a baby
In the past, many more babies died in infancy.
Examples from the Corpus
young• As a country, Zimbabwe is still quite young.• Most banks are keen to loan money to promising young businesses.• Next time I saw Joe he looked maybe not 10 years younger but certainly a totally different man and ready to rock.• a single mother with two young children• "Impact" is a lively young company which specializes in public relations.• In 1900 she married Stephen Townesend, a young doctor with stage aspirations whom she had tried to help.• When I was younger, I used to play a lot of baseball.• The story began when a young man attended a party in Mournacre Hill, a suburb of Leicester.• Such seriousness, intensity, and power in a young man set him apart and left an impression on others.• The young man, sputtering now, rested his long head-which seemed to swell and turn a mahogany color-against the tree trunk.• He's a perfectly respectable young man.• The pressures on young people - especially students - to use drugs are increasing.• It is hard to discard traditional notions of what young people need to succeed in the economy.• At 35, he is the youngest person to hold this office.• There was a young pine tree in the back yard.• In just a week, you can have younger, smoother skin.• Her youngest son works for a television company.• Sometimes I forget you're younger than I am.• Most were hired annually, and the employment did give young women a measure of choice and relative economic independence.
When I was young• A: Acting. When I was young, I loved martial arts.• It is by no means a universal facility. When I was young there was a tension between the Arts and Sciences.
young for her age• She looks young for her age and she acts young.
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young2 noun [plural]  
1  the young SSYyoung people 年轻人
 The young are easily misled.
年轻人容易被误导。
► see thesaurus at baby
Examples from the Corpus
the young• Living together without getting married is increasingly common among the young.• Certain drugs have a special appeal to the young.• The show is extremely popular, especially with the young.
2  HBAa group of young animals that belong to a particular mother or type of animal 幼小动物，崽；雏
 The lioness fought to protect her young.
那头母狮为保护幼狮而搏斗。
Examples from the Corpus
young• Low-ranking females will have young of whatever gender leaves the troop in order not to saddle the young with low rank.• The mother bird's main concern is to provide food for her young.• Status pays, because females at the top get more meat and have twice as many young as do others.• But at least the young have education on their side.• Kangaroos carry their young in a pouch.
Origin young1
Old English geong
young1 adjectiveadj →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1young2 noun
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young

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBS➤be, feel, look, seem年輕；覺得年輕；看上去年輕；顯得年輕◇I felt young again.我覺得又年輕了。➤keep保持年輕◇All that exercise keeps her young.所有那些鍛煉使她保持年輕。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常年輕◇She still looks very young.她看起來仍然很年輕。➤relatively相當年輕◇He seemed relatively young to have so much responsibility.要擔負如此多的責任，他好像太年輕了。➤enough年輕得足以⋯◇She looked young enough to be his daughter.她看起來很年輕，可以做他的女兒。PHRASES➤young at heart內心年輕◇He's over 70, but he's young at heart.他 70 多歲了，但內心依然年輕。➤young for your age看起來比實際年紀小◇He still looks young for his age.以他的年齡來說，他看起來依然顯小。
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young noun
⇨ offspring young

adjective

young ♦︎ teenage ♦︎ juvenile ♦︎ junior ♦︎ adolescent ♦︎ teenThese words all describe sb/sth that has lived or existed for only a short time and is therefore not yet fully developed. 这些词均表示幼小的、未成熟的、青少年的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a young / a teenage / an adolescent boy / girl◆a young / juvenile offender◆a young / teenage fan◆a teenage / teen idol■ young having lived or existed for only a short time; not yet old; consisting of young people or young children 幼小的；年轻的；由年轻人（或儿童）构成的；青少年的◆young babies / children / animals小婴儿；幼童；动物幼崽◆Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。◆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。◆The team is full of talented young players.该队荟萃了才华横溢的年轻选手。◆I am the youngest of four sisters.我是四姐妹当中最小的。◆They married young (= at an early age).他们很早就结婚了。◆This cottage would be perfect for a couple with a young family (= a couple with young children).这栋小别墅对家里有幼儿的夫妇来说非常理想。OPP old , elderly , aged ⇨ old 2 ■ teenage ˈtiːneɪdʒ [usually before noun] between 13 and 19 years old; connected with people of this age 十几岁的（指13至19岁）；青少年的◆The place was full of giggling teenage girls.这地方到处都是咯咯笑的妙龄少女。◆He went through a brief period of teenage rebellion when he was 16.他16岁时有过一段短暂的青春叛逆期。   see also teenager ⇨ girl ■ juvenile ˈdʒuːvənaɪl; NAmE ˈdʒuːvənl [only before noun] (formal or law 法律) connected with young people who are not yet adults 少年的；未成年的◆What can be done to help these juvenile deliquents turn away from crime?究竟能做些什么来帮助这些少年犯远离犯罪呢？◆The government has failed to deal with the problem of juvenile crime.政府没处理好青少年犯罪的问题。OPP adult ⇨ adult   see also juvenile ⇨ girl ■ junior [only before noun] connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports 青少年的（尤用于体育语境）◆The world junior tennis championships will be held in Paris next month.世界青少年网球锦标赛将于下月在巴黎举行。ⓘ In Britain junior also describes a school or part of a school for children between the ages of 7 and 11 or 13. 在英国，junior亦用以描述为7至11岁或7至13岁儿童设立的学校或学校的小学部◆My daughter goes into the junior school next year.我女儿明年上小学。◆the junior department小学部 ■ adolescent ˌædəˈlesnt of the age when a child develops into an adult, at some point between 12 and 18 years old 青少年的（指12至18岁）◆the attitudes of adolescent girls青春期女孩的态度  see also adolescent ⇨ girl ■ teen [usually before noun] (especially NAmE, informal) teenage 十几岁的（指13至19岁）；青少年的◆It was a teen magazine, full of glossy pictures of the latest pop idols.那是一本青少年杂志，里面净是最新流行偶像的光彩夺目的照片。  see also teen ⇨ girl
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