youth
[ju:θ] noun
PERIOD/STATE 时期
ESSENTIAL [S or U]
■the period of your life when you are young, or the state of being young 青年时期；年轻，青春•I was a fairly good football player in my youth.我年轻时是个相当不错的足球员。 •The first volume is the author's account of his misspent youth in the bars of Dublin.第一卷是作者对他在都柏林酒吧里虚度青春的叙述。 •He looks like a man who's found the secret to eternal youth (= staying young).他看上去似乎掌握了永葆青春的秘诀。 •You may not have played tennis as often as him, but at least you've got youth on your side (= you are young).你可能没像他那样经常打网球，但至少你有年轻的优势。
[ju:θ] noun
BOY 小伙子
ESSENTIAL countable disapproving
■a boy or a young man 毛头小伙；青年男子•Gangs of youths were throwing stones and bottles at the police.一伙男青年在向员警投掷石块和瓶子。
[ju:θ] noun
YOUNG PEOPLE 青年
uncountable [+ sing/pl verb]
■young people, both male and female, considered as a group （总称）青年，年轻人•the youth of today如今的年轻人 •the nation's disaffected youth那个国家叛逆的年轻人 |