youth

英 [ju?θ] 美[j?θ]

反義詞

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復數(shù):?youths;

youth 青年時期

來自PIE*yeu,生命力，年青的活力，-th,名詞后綴，用做young的名詞形式。

youth (n.): Old English geogue "youth; young people, junior warriors; young of cattle," related to geong "young," from Proto-Germanic *jugunthi- (cognates: Old Saxon juguth, Old Frisian jogethe, Middle Dutch joghet, Dutch jeugd, Old High German jugund, German Jugend, Gothic junda "youth"), from suffixed form of PIE root *yeu- "vital force, youthful vigor" (see young (adj.)) + Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).

According to OED, the Proto-Germanic form apparently was altered from *juwunthiz by influence of its contrast, *dugunthiz "ability" (source of Old English dugue). In Middle English, the medial -g- became a yogh, which then disappeared.
They said that age was truth, and that the young
Marred with wild hopes the peace of slavery
[Shelley]

1. Pragmatically, MTV's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.: 從務(wù)實角度來說，音樂電視網(wǎng)的生存依賴于把年輕人市場賣給廣告商。

2. Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.: 老師們常認為青少年工作者紀律性差且能力低下。

3. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.: 我認為你在南美度過的青少年時代讓你產(chǎn)生了偏見。

4. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.: 他們被指控組織并資助地下青年運動。

5. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.: 一個小青年正在車里試圖用電線短路的方法發(fā)動汽車。