youth

英[ju?θ] 美[j?θ]

反義詞age

復(fù)數(shù):?youths;

youth 青年時(shí)期

來(lái)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(shí)角度來(lái)說(shuō)，音樂(lè)電視網(wǎng)的生存依賴于把年輕人市場(chǎng)賣給廣告商。

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

3. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.: 我認(rèn)為你在南美度過(guò)的青少年時(shí)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(yùn)動(dòng)。

5. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.: 一個(gè)小青年正在車?yán)镌噲D用電線短路的方法發(fā)動(dòng)汽車。