youth

英 [juːθ] 美 [juːθ]

• n. 青年时期；青春；青年

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] 青少年时期

   the period of being young, especially between childhood and maturity

2. [U] 青春,活力,朝气,血气

   state or quality of being young

3. [S] 青年人

   young people considered as a group

4. [C] 青年男子,小伙子

   young man

英英释义

Noun:

1. a young person (especially a young man or boy)

2. young people collectively;

   "rock music appeals to the young"
   "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
   

3. the time of life between childhood and maturity

4. early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced

5. an early period of development;

   "during the youth of the project"
   

6. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. In his youth, he had shown great promise.
   他在青少年时代就显得很有出息。
2. He mused over memories of his youth.
   他重温青年时期的往事。
3. Youth glided past without our awareness.
   青春在我们不知不觉中逝去。
4. I can't bear young people casting away their youth.
   我无法忍受年轻人虚掷青春。
5. The youth of the country are being ignored by politicians.
   这个国家的青年没有受到政治家的重视。
6. His brother is a member of a youth fellowship.
   他哥哥是青年联谊会的会员。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He spent his youth in the north.
   他在北方度过了青年时代。
2. They studied together in their youth.
   青少年时期他们就在一起学习。
3. In his youth, he had shown great promise.
   他在青年时代就显示出前途无量。
4. He is a friend of my youth.
   他是我青年时代的一个朋友。
5. He sighed for the lost days of his youth.
   他哀叹失去的青春年华。
6. I am determined to give my youth to the motherland.
   我决心把青春献给祖国。
7. He lost his youth a long time ago.
   他早已失去了青春活力。
8. She's trying frantically to maintain her youth.
   她千方百计试图保持年轻。
9. Old Beijing is full of youth and vigour.
   古老的北京充满青春活力。
10. When you're older you'll be sorry that you idled away your youth instead of preparing for a profession.
    等你老了你会为你虚度了青春而没有认真从事一项事业而后悔。
11. Spartan youth were bred as warriors.
    斯巴达的青年被训练成武士。
12. The youth of the country is/are being ignored by politicians.
    这个国家的青年人没有受到政治家们的重视。
13. It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.
    必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
14. The youth admitted that he had stiffed horses for a fee.
    这个青年承认他为了钱而对一些马作了手脚,使它们跑得不快。
15. As a youth he showed little promise.
    他这个小伙子,看不出有什么出息。
16. Both her brothers are tall fair-haired youths.
    她的两个兄弟都是个子高大、有着金黄色头发的青年。
17. The fight was started by some youths who had been drinking.
    这场架是一帮喝醉了酒的小青年惹起的。
18. Vigorous youth is subjected to rigorous discipline.
    使活泼的年轻人受严格的纪律约束。
19. He billeted in youth hotels.
    他投宿于青年旅店。
20. The children don't do much at their youth club, but at least it keeps them out of harm's way.
    虽说孩子们在青少年俱乐部里也干不了什么,但在那儿起码可以不出事儿。

经典引文

• His antagonist was tiring...His own youth and condition were beginning to tell.

  出自： Conan Doyle

• Having for many years..feigned youth, he now aspired to the honours of age.

  出自： E. Waugh

• He was..always on youth's side against the absurdities of middle age.

  出自： personified

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

in the first/full flush of youth

在青春初期,在初发阶段 in the freshness or vigour, etc.; at its beginning

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cherish one's youth 珍惜青春
• destroy youth 破坏青春
• educate youth 教育青年
• equip youth 培养青年人
• give one's youth to 把青春献给…
• keep youth 保持青春
• lose one's youth 失去青春
• maintain one's youth 保持青春
• preserve one's youth 保持青春
• retain one's youth 保持青春
• waste one's youth 浪费青春
• wear out one's youth 消磨青春

形容词+～

• ambitious youth 有抱负的青年
• attractive youth 引人注目的青年
• beauteous youth 美貌的青年
• brave youth 勇敢的青年
• carefree youth 无忧无虑的青年
• gilded youth 纨绔子弟
• handsome youth 潇洒的青年
• heroic youth 英勇的青年
• industrious youth 勤劳的青年
• inexperienced youth 缺乏经验的青年
• love-born youth 害相思病的青年人
• modern youth 现代的青年
• promising youth 有希望的青年
• romantic youth 爱幻想的青年
• sweet youth 恋人
• talented youth 有才干的青年
• teenage youths 十几岁的少年
• thoughtless youth 没头脑的青年
• undying youth 不衰的青春
• vigorous youth 血气方刚的青年,朝气蓬勃的青年
• wasted youth 虚度的青少年时代

名词+～

• college youth 大学生
• farm youth 农村青年

～+名词

• youth activity 青年人的活动
• youth blood 年轻人,青年
• youth culture 青年人的文化
• youth interests 青年人的兴趣
• youth lady 高贵小姐
• youth man 青年男子
• youth one 孩子
• youth people 青少年
• youth person 少年
• youth unemployment 青年人的失业(率)
• youth woman 青年女子

介词+～

• from youth to old age 从青年时期到老年
• from one's youth onward 从青年时代起
• in early youth 在最初的青春时期
• in one's youth 在青年时代,在年轻的时候
• in one's hot youth 在血气方刚的时代
• in one's tender youth 正值妙龄
• full of youth and vigour 充满青春活力
• the secret of keeping one's youth 保持年轻的秘诀
• the art of retaining youth 永葆青春的艺术

～+介词

• youth for the struggle of life 为生活而奋斗的青年
• youth of a country 一个国家的初期
• youth of dissipation 放荡的青年时期
• youth of eighteen 18 岁的青年
• youth of promise in painting circles 在画坛大有前途的青年
• youth of the nation 建国的初期

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. youth的基本意思是“青少年时期”,也可指“青春”“活力”“朝气”“血气”,是不可数名词,作主语时,谓语动词只能用单数形式。
2. youth还可作“青年人”解,指某个地区、国家或特定时期男女青年的总称,是集合名词,通常用作单数形式,其前常有定冠词the修饰,其后多与介词of连用,作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数形式,有时也用单数形式。
3. youth也可作“青年男子,小伙子”解,是可数名词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

a youth, a young man

• 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。

youth，teenager，adolescent，juvenile

• 这些名词均有“年轻人，青少年”之意。
• youth现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。
• teenager主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。
• adolescent比teenager正式，侧重年龄。
• juvenile指青少年，系法律上的常用词。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 一些年轻人正站在车站旁边。

   误 Some youth were standing near the bus stop.

   正 Some youths were standing near the bus stop.

   析 当youth作“年轻人”解时,它是可数名词,词尾可加-s。如果要说“一个年轻人”,可以用a youth来表达。

2. 这个国家的青年都斗志昂扬。

   误 The youths of the country are ready to fight.

   正 The youth of the country are ready to fight.

3. 当代的青年人不知道自己想要什么。

   误 The youth of today doesn't know what he wants.

   正 The youth of today don't know what they want.

   析 youth前面加定冠词the表示特定地区或特定时期的“青年们”,是集合名词,词尾不加-s。用作主语时谓语动词常用复数形式。

4. 她的青春是在苏格兰度过的。

   误 She spent her youths in Scotland.

   正 She spent her youth in Scotland.

   析 表示一个人的“青春”“青年时代”时, youth是不可数名词,没有复数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的geoguth，意为年轻。

近反义词

【近义词】

• adolescence
• child
• lad
• stripling
• teenager
• youngster
• lass

【反义词】

• adult
• grown-up