- [uncountable]
the time of life when a person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult 青年时期（尤指成年以前） - in somebody's youth
He had been a talented musician in his youth. 他年轻时很有音乐天才。 She regrets that she spent her youth travelling and not studying. 她后悔年轻时没有学习，而是旅行。 to relive/recapture your youth 重温你的青春 He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young). 他开玩笑地说擅长打牌表明他虚度了青春年华。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1He played football throughout his youth. 他整个青年时期一直踢足球。 He started going clubbing in his early youth. 他少年时就开始去夜总会。 He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen. 他把青春都浪费在了计算机屏幕前。 His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth. 他资质不足，这被看成是他虚度青春的表现。 I haven't danced since my youth! 从年轻时起我就未曾跳过舞！ She contracted the disease during her youth. 她在青年时期染上了这个病。 She saw it as a chance to relive her misspent youth. 她把这看成是重温自己虚度的青年时代的机会。 She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong. 她的青年时代大部份在香港度过。 nostalgia for her lost youth 她对逝去的青春的怀念
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- lost
- misspent
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- spend
- recapture
- relive
- …
- during your youth
- from youth
- in your youth
- …
- not in the first flush of youth
- in somebody's youth
- [uncountable]
the quality or state of being young 年轻；青春；朝气 She brings to the job a rare combination of youth and experience. 她很年轻，然而干这份工作已有经验，这是很难得的。 His youth gives him an advantage over the other runners. 他的年轻使他比其他赛跑运动员有优势。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1Her extreme youth was against her. 她太年轻，这对她不利。 Though no longer in the first flush of youth she's still remarkably energetic. 尽管已非青春少女，她仍然精力充沛。 You still have your youth—that's the main thing. 你仍然年轻 － 这是最重要的。 from youth to maturity 从青年到成年 in search of eternal youth 寻找永恒的青春
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comparative
- extreme
- eternal
- …
- have
- the fountain of youth
- (also the youth)[plural]
young people considered as a group （统称）青年，年轻人 the nation’s youth 全国青年 Many people think the youth of today are not taught proper standards of behaviour. 许多人认为当今的年轻人没有受到正确的行为规范教育。 training for unemployed youth 失业青年培训 an increase in youth unemployment 青年失业率的增长 contemporary youth culture 当代青年文化 a youth worker (= somebody who works with young people) 青年工人 Youth and adults tend to see things very differently. 年轻人和成年人看待事物的方式往往大相径庭。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2the aspirations of modern youth 现代青年的抱负 youth outreach programs run by the charity 慈善机构举办的青年外展服务项目 a program to educate our youth on the causes of health problems 就健康问题的产生原因对青年人进行教育的节目 a crackdown on youth crime 针对青少年犯罪的严厉打击 a club for the gilded youth of London 伦敦纨子弟俱乐部 The website targets unemployed youth. 该网站针对的是失业青年。 The Royal Family is facing an uncertain future, according to the nation's youth. 这个国家的年轻人认为，皇室正面临不确定的未来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- modern
- local
- inner-city
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- educate
- target
- corrupt
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- culture
- subculture
- centre/center
- …
- the country’s youth
- the nation’s youth
- the youth of today
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- [countable] (often disapproving)
a young man 青年男子；小伙子 Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2A 17-year-old youth has been arrested. 一名17岁的青年被捕。 She's going out with some spotty youth. 她目前在跟一个满脸粉刺的小伙子约会。 He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper. 他进报社时还是个乳臭未干的小伙子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- male
- black
- white
- …
- gang
- group
Word OriginOld English geoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeugd, German Jugend, also to young.