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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；年輕的
a young child
幼兒
He’s younger than me.
他比我小。
You’re too young to get married.
你還太小，不能結婚。
young trees
小樹
When I was young, I wanted to be a model.
我年輕時候想當模特。
John was a great footballer in his younger days (=when he was younger).
約翰年輕時是個很棒的足球運動員。
2  NEWa young country, organization, or type of science has existed for only a short time 〔國家、組織或學科〕新成立的，新興的
At that time, America was still a young nation.
當時，美國還是個年輕的國家。
Psychology is a young science.
心理學是一門新興科學。
3  young lady/man spoken used to speak to a girl or boy when you are angry with them 小姐/年輕人〔生氣時用語〕
Now, you listen to me, young man!
現在，你聽我說，年輕人！
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 顯年輕的，比實際年齡顯小的 SYN youthful
Val is incredibly young for her age.
相對於她的年齡，瓦爾看上去非常年輕。
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等歲〔幽默說法，表示老人顯得或感覺非常年輕〕
Next week, Bessie will be 84 years young.
下個星期，貝茜就“芳齡” 84了。
7  SSYdesigned or intended for young people 專爲年輕人設計的，面向年輕人的
I’m looking for something in a younger style.
我在找式樣年輕一些的。
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 態度積極的新人，積極求變的新人
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 某人已不再年輕〔尤指他們可能不久就幹不了某事〕
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；年輕的
a young man of about 22
22歲左右的年輕人
My dad died when I was young.
我爸爸在我年齡很小時就去世了。
nThere are excellent facilities for young children.
Young people are often unable to get jobs.
年輕人常常找不到工作。
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沒有small正式，尤用於英語口語〕
They have two small children.
他們有兩個年幼的孩子。
We used to go camping a lot when the kids were little.
以前孩子們還小的時候我們經常去露營。
teenage [only before noun] between the ages of 13 and 19 十幾歲的，青少年的
a group of teenage boys
一群十幾歲的男孩
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〔尤用於談論青春期孩子的問題〕
Sudden mood changes are common in adolescent girls.
青春期女孩子情緒波動大是很常見的。
adolescent behaviour
青春期行爲
juvenile /ˈdʒuːvənaɪl $ -nəl, -naɪl/ [only before noun] formal connected with young people who commit crime 青少年的，少年的〔用來指稱犯罪的青少年〕
juvenile crime
青少年犯罪
a special prison for juvenile offenders
少年犯特殊監獄
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 看上去年輕的；年輕人的〔常用於描述不再年輕的人〕
a youthful 55-year-old
一個看上去很年輕的55歲的人
youthful enthusiasm
年輕人的熱情
Andrew still has a slim youthful look about him.
安德魯依然保持着修長的身材和年輕人的模樣。
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〔尤用於談論青春期孩子的問題〕
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.
Related topics: Animals
young2 noun [plural]
1  the young SSYyoung people 年輕人
The young are easily misled.
年輕人容易被誤導。
► 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 幼小動物，崽；雛
The lioness fought to protect her young.
那頭母獅爲保護幼獅而搏鬥。
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

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