1 [U] the period of your life when you are young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult 青少年时代:
He was quite a good sportsman in his youth.他年青时是运动健将。
2 [U] the fact or state of being young 年轻;年青;年少:
I think that her youth will be a disadvantage in this job.我认为她年纪轻,对这份工作来说会是个不利因素。
3 [C] a young person (usually a young man, and often one that you do not have a good opinion of) 小伙子(常带轻蔑意):
a gang of youths一帮小伙子
4the youth [U] young people considered as a group 年轻人,青年人(统称):
the youth of today今天的年轻人☞Look at age and old age. 参看age 及old age。
youth/juθ; juːθ/n plural youths /juðz; juːðz/1 [U] the time when someone is young, or the quality of being young [→ old age] 青年时期﹔青春: in your youth In his youth he lived in France. 他年轻时住在法国。He seemed confident, in spite of his youth. 尽管年轻﹐他似乎很有信心。2 [C] disapproving a boy or young man – used especially in news reports【贬】小伙子﹐青年男子〔尤用于新闻报道〕: Three youths were arrested for stealing. 三名青年男子因偷窃被捕。see box at见 MAN1 方框3 [U] young people in general 青年﹐年轻人〔总称〕: +of the youth of today 如今的年轻人a youth training scheme 青年培训计划
youthyouthyouthsnoun1(no plural) the part of your life when you are young: She regrets that she spent her youth travelling and not studying. He was a fine musician in his youth.oppositeold age2(pluralyouths) a boy or young man: The fight was started by a gang of youths.3the youth (no plural) young people: We must do more for the youth of this country.