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IELTS BNC: 1508 COCA: 1397

youth

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Related topics: Youth
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
Origin youth
Old English geoguth
youth noun →REGISTER1 →COLLOCATIONS1
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IELTS BNC: 1508 COCA: 1397
youth

noun¹

1period of your life when you are young青年時期ADJECTIVE | VERB + YOUTH | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEearly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 + YOUTHspend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。PREPOSITIONduring 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。PHRASESnot 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 ADJECTIVEcomparative, 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 + YOUTHhave年輕You still have your youth-that's the main thing.你仍然年輕 - 這是最重要的。PHRASESthe 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 ADJECTIVEmale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 YOUTHSgang, group一幫/一夥青年
youth

noun⁴

4young people青年們ADJECTIVE | VERB + YOUTH | YOUTH + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmodern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 + YOUTHeducate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 + NOUNculture, 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PHRASESthe 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)

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