youth

漢語翻譯

詞型變化：

詞意辨析：

youth, teenager, adolescent, juvenile

這些名詞均有“年輕人，青少年”之意。
youth: 現在幾乎專指男青年，尤指10多歲到20多一點的男青年，但作為集合名時間男女青年都可指。
teenager: 主要指13歲到19歲之間的青少年，強調這個年齡段的人的本身特點。
adolescent: 比teenager正式，側重年齡。
juvenile: 指青少年，系法律上的常用詞。

英文解釋：

名詞 youth:

1. a young person (especially a young man or boy)
   同義詞：young person, younker, spring chicken
2. young people collectively
   同義詞：young
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
   同義詞：early days
6. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
   同義詞：youthfulness, juvenility

例句：

1. In his youth he was an extravagant epicurean.
   他年輕時是個 * 。
2. I can't bear young people casting away their youth.
   我無法忍受年輕人虛擲青春。
3. The fight was started by some youths who had been drinking.
   這場架是一幫喝醉了的小青年惹起的。
4. The youth of the country are being ignored by politicians.
   這個國家的青年沒有受到政治家的重視。
5. In his youth, he had shown great promise.
   他在青少年時代就顯得很有出息。