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IELTS BNC: 1508 COCA: 1397

youth

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youth /juːθ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun (plural youths /juːðz $ juːðz, juːθs/)  
1  [uncountableU]SSY the period of time when someone is young, especially the period when someone is a teenager 青年时期；〔尤指〕青少年时期 → old age
in somebody’s youth
 Many of these people had used drugs in their youth.
这些人中有许多人年轻时吸过毒。
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In everyday English, people usually say when I was young, rather than saying in my youth: 在日常英语中，人们一般都说 when I was young，而不说 in my youth
They were friends when they were young.
他们年轻的时候是朋友。
2  [countableC]SSY a teenage boy – used especially in newspapers to show disapproval 少年，小伙子〔尤用于报纸上，含贬义〕
 a gang of youths
一伙少年
► see thesaurus at child, man
3  [uncountableU]SSY young people in general 青年，年轻人〔总称〕
the youth of something
 The youth of today are the pensioners of tomorrow.
今天的年轻人就是明天领养老金的人。
4  [uncountableU]YOUNG the quality or state of being young 年幼，年轻；青春，朝气 OPP age
 Despite his youth, he had travelled alone.
他虽然年纪还小，却已独自旅行过了。
 The cream will restore youth and vitality to your skin.
这款乳霜可以让你的肌肤恢复青春与活力。
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
spend your youth 度过青年时代
She spent her youth in India.
她在印度度过她的青年时代。
relive/recapture your youth (=do things you did when young, to try and experience youth again) 重温年轻时代
nThe band’s fans are clearly reliving their youth.
nThe sports car is an attempt to recapture his youth.
phrases
a misspent youth (=spent doing things that were bad or not useful) 虚度的青春年华
nHe is trying to make up for his misspent youth.
your lost youth (=the time long ago when you were young) 逝去的青春
nHe wept for his lost youth.
the days/dreams/friends etc of somebody’s youth 某人的青春时光/青春梦想/年轻时的朋友等
nHe had long ago forgotten the dreams of his youth.
Examples from the Corpus
youth• None the less Tupac headed a youth group, the New Afrikan Panthers, performing at community centres.• a church youth group• Caroline had been a ballet dancer in her youth.• She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth.• I studied it in my youth, and my love of Faure, Debussy and Ravel encouraged me to improve it.• This was one of the great questions of my youth in the 60s, of course.• a gang of youths on motorbikes• It had about it the idealism of youth.• There has been a corresponding shift in studies of youth and in the kind of questions asked by sociologists.• This was the first independent radio station in the republic and was to be run by the students' official youth organization.• Some youths astride shining motor-cycles had congregated outside a closed motor-cycle shop.• One of the youths pushed her against the wall and took her bag.• The police had questioned three youths, but then later released them without charge.• Horton teaches at a school for troubled youths in San Diego.• Society seems obsessed with youth and wealth.
gang of youths• Over the past year I've been threatened and blackmailed by a gang of youths.• A policeman, white, talking to a gang of youths, black.• A gang of youths threw stones and missiles at officers who were trying to break up the display.
the youth of something• These are the youth of our future.• If the wines show a certain lack of intensity, it is probably a result of the youth of the vines.• So should you look for this too in the youth of their killer?• Trevor Sorbie thinks the patronising attitudes of some salons can be explained by the youth of the stylists.• The script they came up with was trendy and repetitive, rather naive but tuned directly to the youth of the moment.• Whatever has happened to the youth of today?• That I feel it sends the wrong message to the youth of the country.• Such deliberation, while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke, outraged many.
Origin youth
Old English geoguth
youth noun →REGISTER1 →COLLOCATIONS1
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IELTS BNC: 1508 COCA: 1397
youth

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 1period of your life when you are young青年時期ADJECTIVE | VERB + YOUTH | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤early少年時期➤lost逝去的青春◇nostalgia for her lost youth她對逝去的青春的懷念➤misspent (often humorous) 虛度的青春◇His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth.他資質不足，這被看成是他虛度青春的表現。VERB + YOUTH➤spend度過青年時期◇She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong.她的青年時代大部份在香港度過。➤recapture, relive重溫青年時代◇She saw it as a chance to relive her misspent youth.她把這看成是重溫自己虛度的青年時代的機會。➤waste浪費青春◇He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen.他把青春都浪費在了計算機屏幕前。PREPOSITION➤during your youth在青年時期◇She contracted the disease during her youth.她在青年時期染上了這個病。➤from youth從青少年時期◇from youth to maturity從青年到成年➤in your youth年輕時◇He started going clubbing in his early youth.他少年時就開始去夜總會。➤since your youth從青年時代以來◇I haven't danced since my youth!從年輕時起我就未曾跳過舞！➤throughout your youth在整個青年時期◇He played football throughout his youth.他整個青年時期一直踢足球。PHRASES➤not in the first flush of youth (especially BrE) 過了風華正茂的時期◇Though no longer in the first flush of youth she's still remarkably energetic.儘管已非青春少女，她仍然精力充沛。
youth

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 2being young年輕ADJECTIVE | VERB + YOUTH | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤comparative, extreme (both especially BrE) 比較／十分年輕◇Her extreme youth was against her.她太年輕，這對她不利。➤eternal永恆的青春◇in search of eternal youth尋找永恆的青春VERB + YOUTH➤have年輕◇You still have your youth－that's the main thing.你仍然年輕 － 這是最重要的。PHRASES➤the fountain of youth (figurative) 青春源泉◇The new cream is marketed as the fountain of youth.這種新面霜被宣傳成青春源泉而推向市場。
youth

noun³

 3young person青年ADJECTIVE | ... OF YOUTHS ADJECTIVE➤male男青年▸➤black, white黑人／白人青年▸➤callow, impressionable, innocent年輕幼稚的／易受人影響的／天真的青年◇He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.他進報社時還是個乳臭未乾的小伙子。➤spotty (BrE) 滿臉粉刺的青年◇She's going out with some spotty youth.她目前在跟一個滿臉粉刺的小伙子約會。➤fresh-faced (especially BrE) 一臉稚氣的青年▸➤gangling, gangly, lanky瘦高且笨拙的青年➤at-risk, high-risk, troubled易面臨危險的／高危／問題青年... OF YOUTHS➤gang, group一幫／一夥青年
youth

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 4young people青年們ADJECTIVE | VERB + YOUTH | YOUTH + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤modern現代青年◇the aspirations of modern youth現代青年的抱負➤local當地青年➤inner-city, street, urban市中心的／街頭／城市青年➤working-class工人階層的青年➤immigrant移民青年➤gay, Hispanic, Muslim同性戀／西班牙語國家的／穆斯林青年▸➤delinquent, disaffected不良／心懷不滿的青年➤unemployed失業青年➤educated受過教育的青年▸➤gilded, privileged上流社會的富有青年；享有特權的青年VERB + YOUTH➤educate教育青年人◇a program to educate our youth on the causes of health problems就健康問題的產生原因對青年人進行教育的節目➤target針對青年人◇The website targets unemployed youth.該網站針對的是失業青年。➤corrupt腐蝕青年人YOUTH + NOUN➤culture, subculture青年文化／亞文化➤centre/center, club, group, movement, organization青年活動中心／俱樂部／團體／運動／組織➤outreach, programme/program, scheme, work (especially BrE) 青年外展服務／項目／計劃／工作◇youth outreach programs run by the charity慈善機構舉辦的青年外展服務項目➤audience, market青年觀眾／市場➤sport, sports (especially NAmE) 青年體育運動➤coach, team青年隊教練；青年隊➤basketball, football, hockey, etc.青年籃球／足球／曲棍球等➤band, orchestra青年樂隊／管弦樂隊▸➤coordinator, leader, worker青年協調人／領袖／工人▸➤minister, pastor (both NAmE) 青年牧師▸➤employment, training, unemployment青年就業／培訓／失業➤gang青年團夥➤violence青少年暴力▸➤court, crime, custody (BrE) 青少年法庭／犯罪／拘留◇a crackdown on youth crime針對青少年犯罪的嚴厲打擊➤camp, hostel青年營；青年旅舍PHRASES➤the country's youth, the nation's youth全國青年▸➤the youth of today, today's youth當代青年
IELTS BNC: 1508 COCA: 1397
youth noun
⇨ childhood (throughout his youth) ⇨ girl (a gang of youths)
IELTS BNC: 1508 COCA: 1397

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