young

[jʌŋ]
  • 释义
  • adj.

    年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;

  • n.

    年轻人;幼小的动物，崽;

  • 词义辨析
  • 下面两个短语意思不同:
  • the young Tom
    年轻时代的汤姆
    the young Toms
    汤姆家的孩子们
  • 下面这个短语有不同的意思:
  • the young Tom
    年轻的汤姆
    父子中的“子”(小汤姆)
    汤姆兄弟中的“弟”
    两个汤姆中较年轻的一个
  • a young man, a youth
  • 两者意思不同:a youth指青春发育期至成年时期的男青年,一般指20岁以下的“男青年”; a young man则指21岁至30岁左右的男子。例如:
    When still a youth, he had to make a living by himself.年轻的时候他就不得不一个人谋生。
    Most colorful were the young men and women.最显得绚丽多彩的是那些男女青年。
  • young，youthful，juvenile，adolescent
  • 这些形容词均有“年轻的，年幼的”之意。
    young强调年龄小，处于生长的前期。
    youthful褒义或贬义都可用。指具有青年人的外貌或年轻人应具有的品格。
    juvenile较正式用词，一般12岁以下的少年，着重其生理和智力上的不成熟。
    adolescent指13至16岁左右处于青春期的人，尚不成熟。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    The youth club leader was unpopular with the young people because he was always flinging his weight around.

    青年俱乐部的领导人总爱发号施令,所以不受青年人的欢迎.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 2、

    A young and beautiful girl was leaning with her back against the wainscot.

    一个年轻美貌的姑娘正斜靠在壁板上.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 3、

    At least the club keeps the young people off the streets.

    起码俱乐部能使年轻人不在街上乱逛了.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 4、

    The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.

    战争把许多青年男子吞进了它的无底洞.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 5、

    The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.

    年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 6、

    The new premier is forming his government mainly from young men.

    这位新总理主要从年轻人中物色人选组建政府.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 7、

    That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.

    那个强硬的年轻女人排挤走了前任校长,她现在自己当校长.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 8、

    Men and women , old and young, all pitched in.

    男女老幼齐动手.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 9、

    The young trees have struck root.

    这些幼树已经扎根了.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    All the villagers , men and women , old and young, took part in the battle against the drought.

    全村不论男女老幼, 都参加了抗旱斗争.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 11、

    You are too young to join the army.

    你年龄太小,还不能参军.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    He is an eligible young man.

    他是一个合格的年轻人.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 13、

    The courts are making efforts to bring their crimes home to the young people.

    法官们正竭力证实那些年轻人有罪.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 14、

    After his parents died, responsibility for his three younger sisters bore down upon the young man.

    双亲去世后, 照顾三个妹妹的重担就压在这个年轻人的肩上.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 15、

    My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young.

    我祖母年轻的时候曾当过女佣人.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 16、

    The young man is a raw beginner.

    那个年轻人是个生手.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 17、

    The court laid the young thief under an obligation to report to the police station once a week.

    法院强迫那个小偷每周向警察局报到一次.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 18、

    The aim of the campaign is to make young people believe that smoking is a mug's game.

    这项运动的目的是使年轻人相信吸烟是件蠢事.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    He denied that some young people today were degenerating.

    他否认现在某些青年在堕落.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 20、

    The young nurse was very nervous when she assisted at her first operation.

    这位年轻的护士首次当手术助手时,心情非常紧张.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 21、

    The audience was made up of very young children.

    观众由小孩子们组成.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 22、

    There's no use batting your eyelashes at me, young lady!

    冲我拋媚眼没有用, 小姐!

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 23、

    I'm so glad to have been the means of bringing you two young people together.

    我很高兴我起到了使你们两个年轻人相识的作用.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 24、

    The lion fought to protect her young.

    那头狮子为了保护其幼狮而进行搏斗.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 25、

    The purpose of the scheme is not to help the employers but to provide work for young people.

    这个计划的目的不是为了帮助雇主,而是为青年人提供工作机会.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 26、

    The young man waited up.

    年轻人停下来等后面的人赶上去.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 27、

    The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.

    那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 28、

    Judging by the sound of his voice, the man couldn't be very young.

    听声音, 那人已不太年轻.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
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