youth

noun

1. 青年时期（尤指成年以前）
   the time of life when a person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult
   1. He had been a talented musician in his youth.
      他年轻时很有音乐天才。
2. 年轻；青春；朝气
   the quality or state of being young
   1. 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。
3. 青年男子；小伙子
   a young man
   1. The fight was started by a gang of youths.
      这场打斗是一伙少年挑起来的。
4. （统称）青年，年轻人
   young people considered as a group
   1. the nation's youth
      全国青年
   2. the youth of today
      当代青年
   3. youth culture
      年轻人的文化
   4. youth unemployment
      青年失业问题

1. N-UNCOUNT 青年时期;青少年时代
   Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
   1. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
      我年轻时的抱负是成为一个发明家。
   2. ...the comic books of my youth.
      我少年时代看的漫画书
2. N-UNCOUNT 青春;朝气;年轻
   Youth is the quality or state of being young.
   1. Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty...
      格雷戈里仍为香农的朝气、快乐和美丽着迷。
   2. The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth.
      这个队如今既经验丰富又充满朝气。
3. N-COUNT （新闻用语，尤指惹麻烦的）青年，小伙子
   Journalists often refer to young men as youths, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble.
   1. ...gangs of youths who broke windows and looted shops...
      打碎玻璃橱窗抢劫商店的成群的年轻人
   2. A 17-year-old youth was remanded in custody yesterday.
      一名17岁的年轻人昨天被还押候审。
4. N-PLURAL （统称）青年，年轻人
   The youth are young people considered as a group.
   1. He represents the opinions of the youth of today...
      他代表着当今年轻人的看法。
   2. She's not a very good influence on the youth of this country.
      她对这个国家的青年一代没什么好影响。

1. All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency
   所有青年团体必须并入全国青年事务处。
2. Elvis Presley was the true begetter of modern youth culture.
   埃尔维斯·普雷斯利是现代青年文化的真正奠基人。
3. I used to belong to a youth club.
   我过去是一个青年俱乐部的成员。
4. He is highly regarded, but his youth might count against him.
   人们对他的评价很高，但他年纪轻轻这一点也许会对他不利。
5. England intend fielding their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship.
   英格兰意欲在下月的世界青年锦标赛中推出他们的最强阵容。
6. The youth got him by the front of his shirt and flung him to the ground.
   年轻人抓住他的衬衫前襟，把他摔在了地上。
7. As a youth he discovered a gift for teaching
   他年轻时就表现出教书的天赋。
8. Critics attacked the youth and inexperience of his staff.
   批评家们抨击他的员工年纪太轻，缺乏经验。
9. Membership in her church youth group helped develop her political ideas.
   加入教会青年团契促使她形成了自己的政治观点。
10. The play is set in the dangerous no-man's land between youth and adolescence
    这部戏描写的是青年时期和青春期之间那段危险、暖昧的时光。
11. He might be influenced by nostalgia for his happy youth
    也许是对年轻时幸福时光的怀恋影响了他。
12. He was a couple of months over-age for the youth team.
    他年龄大了几个月，进不了青年队。
13. We are now piloting through Parliament a new strategy to tackle youth crime.
    我们正促使议会顺利通过解决青少年犯罪问题的一项新策略。
14. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you
    我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。
15. Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.
    在1944年通过的《教育法案》的诸多衍生条款中，就包括了现代青年教育服务。
16. The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
    那个年轻人，同样地，让预言说中了。
17. We had a few injuries and had to use youth team kids as subs.
    我们有几名队员有伤，只好用青年队的小队员做替补。
18. The horse reared, throwing its rider and knocking down a youth standing beside it.
    那匹马尥了个蹶子，把骑手掀下马，还撞倒了旁边站着的一个小伙子。
19. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.
    他们被指控组织并资助地下青年运动。
20. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
    我年轻时的抱负是成为一个发明家。
21. Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty
    格雷戈里仍为香农的朝气、快乐和美丽着迷。
22. The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth.
    这个队如今既经验丰富又充满朝气。
23. A 17-year-old youth was remanded in custody yesterday.
    一名17岁的年轻人昨天被还押候审。
24. He represents the opinions of the youth of today
    他代表着当今年轻人的看法。
25. She's not a very good influence on the youth of this country.
    她对这个国家的青年一代没什么好影响。
26. She has lost ( in) love of the beautiful youth.
    她失去了那个美貌青年的爱。
27. She and he were congenial companion in youth.
    他和她是竹马青梅，志趣相投。
28. We must not let our youth slip idly by.
    我们不能让青春虚度。
29. The scene awakened reminiscence of my youth.
    这景象唤起了我对青年时代许多往事的追想。
30. Youth is the time of physical growth.
    青年时期是长身体的时期。

  youth adolescent juvenile teenager【导航词义：青少年】

  youth n. 少年，年轻人

〔辨析〕现在几乎专指年轻的男性，尤用于报纸上，常含贬义。但作为集合名词时，男女青年皆可指，且无贬义。

  adolescent n. 青少年

〔辨析〕与 teenager 基本同义，但更加正式，强调尚不成熟。

  juvenile n. 〈正式〉青少年

〔辨析〕常为法律术语，强调未成年的人。

  teenager n. 青少年

〔辨析〕主要指 13 至 19 岁之间的青少年，强调该年龄段群体的自身特点。

noun

1. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

   Synonym:    youthfulnessjuvenility

2. young people collectively
   1. rock music appeals to the young
   2. youth everywhere rises in revolt

   Synonym:    young

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

   Synonym:    young personyounkerspring chicken

4. early maturity

5. the time of life between childhood and maturity

6. an early period of development
   1. during the youth of the project

   Synonym:    early days