YOUNG1 young2 younger than someone else3 a brother or sister who is younger than you4 a young person5 young people in general6 the time when you were young7 affecting or involving young people8 looking or behaving like a young personRELATED WORDSoppositeOLDsee alsoAGECHILDBABY1 young 年幼的young /jʌŋ/ [adjective] You're too young to smoke. 你年纪太小，不能吸烟。 a single mother with two young children 带着两个年幼孩子的单身妈妈 When I was younger, I used to play a lot of baseball. 我年轻时常常打棒球。 Her youngest son works for a television company. 她最小的儿子在一家电视公司上班。 At 35, he is the youngest person to hold this office. 他35岁，是担任这一职位最年轻的人。little /ˈlɪtl/ [adjective]especially spokenvery young - use this to talk about a young child 【尤口】年幼的〔用于指小孩子〕 When I was little we used to go camping a lot. 我小时候，我们常常去露营。 There were three bridesmaids at the wedding, and even the little one behaved beautifully. 婚礼上有三个女傧相，甚至连年纪最小的一个都举止优雅。little boy/girla young child, or a young son or daughter 小男孩/女孩 They've been married for ten years and have two little girls. 他们结婚十年，有两个小女孩。 Who's that little boy in the blue sweater? 那个穿蓝色毛衣的小男孩是谁？small /smɔːl/ [adjective]young, usually less than about ten years old 幼小的〔通常指十岁以下〕 We loved going to the zoo when we were small. 小时候我们喜欢去动物园。 The kids were too small to really understand. 孩子们太小了，不能真正理解。small children She soon discovered that looking after small children was very tiring. 她很快发现，照看年幼的孩子很累人。2 younger than someone else 比别人年轻younger /ˈjʌŋgəʳ/ [adjective] At school, the younger children go home an hour before the rest. 在学校里，年纪较小的孩子比其他孩子早一小时回家。 He is the most influential of the younger French photographers. 他是法国年轻摄影师中最具影响力的人。junior /ˈdʒuːniəʳ/ [singular noun]ten years/18 months etc somebody's juniorformalten years, etc younger than someone else 【正式】比某人小十岁/18个月等 Sarah is six years my junior. 萨拉比我小六岁。 He was replaced by a young graduate, 10 years his junior. 取代他的是一个比他小十岁的年轻大学毕业生。3 a brother or sister who is younger than you 弟弟或妹妹younger sister/brother /ˌjʌŋgəʳ ˈsɪstəʳ, ˈbrʌðəʳ/ [countable noun] Tony's the oldest - he has two younger sisters. 托尼最大—一他有两个妹妹。 The king was killed by his younger brother. 国王被他的弟弟所杀。little sister/brother /ˌlɪtl ˈsɪstəʳ, ˈbrʌðəʳ/ [countable noun]a younger sister or brother, especially one who is still a child 小妹妹/小弟弟〔尤指还是个孩子〕 Mike's little brother is doing much better at school than he is. 迈克的小弟弟在学校里的表现比他好多了。 She went to the ballet class with her little sister every week. 她每星期都和她的小妹妹一起去上芭蕾课。kid sister/brother /ˌkɪd ˈsɪstəʳ, ˈbrʌðəʳ/ [countable noun]informala younger sister or brother, who is usually still a child 【非正式】小妹妹/小弟弟〔通常还是个孩子〕 He has a kid sister in the fourth grade at school. 他有个念四年级的小妹妹。 I suddenly realized Bobby was more than just an annoying kid brother who always wanted to use my stuff. 我突然意识到，博比不再只是老想用我东西的烦人小弟弟。4 a young person 年轻的人teenager /ˈtiːneɪdʒəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who is between 13 and 19 years old 〔13到19岁之间的〕青少年 River Phoenix became a famous actor while still a teenager. 里弗·菲尼克斯十几岁时就成了著名演员。 The survey shows that four out of five teenagers have experimented with illegal drugs. 调查显示，五个青少年中有四个尝试过吸毒。teenage [adjective only before noun] Jenny has three teenage children. 珍妮有三个十几岁的孩子。youth /juːθ/ [countable noun usually plural]a young man between about 15 and 25 years old - use this especially about groups of young men who behave badly or do something illegal 青年男子，小伙子〔大概15至25岁之间，尤指一群行为不良或做违法事的青年男子〕 One of the youths pushed her against the wall and took her bag. 其中一个小伙子把她往墙上一推，夺走了她的手提包。 The police had questioned three youths, but then later released them without charge. 警方盘问了三名男青年，但后来把他们无罪释放了。 a gang of youths on motorbikes 一帮骑摩托车的青年男子in your teens /ɪn jɔːʳ ˈtiːnz/ [adverb]someone who isin their teens is between 13 and 19 years old 十几岁时〔13至19岁之间〕 She had run away from home several times in her teens. 她十几岁的时候几次离家出走。in your early/mid/late teens Most of the girls at the concert were in their early teens. 来听音乐会的女孩子大多是十三四岁。adolescent /ˌædəˈlesənt◂/ [countable noun]someone who is at the age when they change from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about problems that young people have at this age 青少年〔尤用于谈论这一阶段年轻人的问题〕 John changed from a friendly and cheerful young boy into a confused adolescent. 约翰从一个友好、乐观的小男孩变成了迷茫的少年。 An estimated 62 million Americans smoke, including 4.1 million adolescents aged 12-17. 估计有6，200万名美国人吸烟，其中包括410万名12至17岁的青少年。adolescent [adjective] Parents tend to worry more about adolescent daughters than adolescent sons. 对于青春期的孩子，父母一般担心女儿比担心儿子更多。minor /ˈmaɪnəʳ/ [countable noun]a person under the age when they legally become an adult - used in legal contexts 未成年人〔用于法律方面〕 Stores are forbidden to sell alcohol and cigarettes to minors. 商店禁止向未成年人出售烟酒。5 young people in general 泛指的年轻人the young /ðə ˈjʌŋ/ [plural noun] The show is extremely popular, especially with the young. 这个节目极受欢迎，尤其是年轻人爱看。 Living together without getting married is increasingly common among the young. 未婚同居在年轻人中越来越普遍了。the youth /ðə ˈjuːθ/ [plural noun]the young people of a particular time or place 〔某一时期或某一地方的〕青年，年轻人the youth of The youth of today have much more money than we had 50 years ago. 今天的年轻人比我们50年前有钱多了。 The youth of industrialized nations need to be made aware of global problems. 有必要使工业化国家的年轻人意识到全球面临的问题。6 the time when you were young 年纪小或年轻的时候childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ [countable/uncountable noun]the time when you are a child 童年 Nina had happy memories of her childhood on the farm. 尼娜对于在农场上度过的童年有着美好的回忆。early childhoodwhen you are a young child 幼儿时期 His early childhood was spent with his father in Chicago. 他的幼儿时期是与父亲在芝加哥度过的。childhood [adjective only before noun] My own childhood hero was Stirling Moss, the racing car driver. 我童年时的偶像是赛车手斯特林·莫斯。childhood illness/memory/friend/experience The smell of the sea brought back childhood memories of long summer holidays spent on the beach. 大海的气息勾起了童年的回忆，让人记起了在沙滩上度过的悠长暑假。youth /juːθ/ [uncountable noun]the time when you are young, especially the time between 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child 青少年时期〔尤指15至25岁〕 She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth. 她重游了年轻时常到的每一个地方。in somebody's youthwhen they were young 某人年轻时 Caroline had been a ballet dancer in her youth. 卡罗琳年轻时是个芭蕾舞演员。adolescence /ˌædəˈlesəns/ [uncountable noun]the time when a young person is changing from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age 青春期〔尤用以谈论这一阶段年轻人的问题〕 During adolescence, boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence. 青春期的时候，男孩子有时很害羞，而且缺乏自信。7 affecting or involving young people 影响或涉及年轻人的youth /juːθ/ [adjective only before noun]youth club/group/organization etca club, group etc for young people 青年俱乐部/团体/组织等 I met her at the local youth club. 我在当地一家青年俱乐部认识了她。 a concert by the National Youth Orchestra 由国家青年管弦乐团演奏的音乐会teenage /ˈtiːneɪdʒ/ [adjective only before noun]use this about things produced for teenagers, or things that teenagers do 青少年的〔用于指为青少年而生产制造的东西，或青少年会做的事〕 the teenage music scene 青少年音乐圈子teenage fashions/magazines/pregnancy/drug-taking etc There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently. 最近青少年怀孕人数大幅上升。juvenile /ˈdʒuːvənaɪlǁ-nəl, -naɪl/ [adjective only before noun]use this about crimes by young people 少年的〔用于指年轻人犯的罪〕juvenile crime/offendercrime by young people/a young person who is a criminal 少年犯罪/少年犯 Juvenile crime is an increasing problem in big cities. 少年犯罪是大城市里日趋严重的问题。 Many juvenile offenders were being put in adult prisons. 许多少年犯被关押在成人监狱里。juvenile delinquencyillegal or bad behaviour by young people 少年犯罪 The public housing units have frequently become slums and hotbeds of crime, especially juvenile delinquency. 公共住房单位经常成为贫民窟和犯罪温床，尤其是少年犯罪。juvenile courta court that deals with crimes by young people 少年法庭 O'Brien, 15, will face murder charges in a juvenile court. 奥布赖恩，15岁，将在少年法庭面临谋杀罪指控。juvenile [countable noun]a young person who has done something illegal 少年罪犯 the treatment of juveniles in the criminal justice system 刑事审判制度中对少年犯的处理8 looking or behaving like a young person 外表或举止像年轻人的youthful /ˈjuːθfəl/ [adjective]looking or behaving like a young person, even though you are no longer young 〔显得〕年轻的 At 61, she seems remarkably youthful. 她61岁，看上去非常年轻。 Although middle-aged, he had a youthful appearance. 虽然已人到中年，他的样子仍很年轻。 She still manages to bring a youthful enthusiasm and energy to her work. 她对工作仍有青年人的热忱和活力。look young for your age /lʊk ˌjʌŋ fəʳ jɔːr ˈeɪdʒ/ [verb phrase]to look younger than you really are 看上去比实际年龄年轻 Veronique looks very young for her age, and people often think that her daughter is her sister. 韦罗妮克看上去比实际年纪年轻得多，人们常以为她女儿是她妹妹。mutton dressed as lamb /ˌmʌtn drest əz ˈlæm/ [noun phrase]Britishsomeone who dresses in clothes that are only suitable for a much younger person in order to seem younger - use this to say that you think this makes them look silly or embarrassing 【英】打扮过于年轻的人〔用于认为某人看上去傻气或令人尴尬〕 Some people might think that she was ‘mutton dressed as lamb’, but tonight Moira really didn't care. 有些人可能认为莫伊拉是“老来俏”，但是今晚她才不在乎呢。