younger
美 [ˈjʌŋɡər]
英 [ˈjʌŋɡə(r)] 
- n.青年人;幼崽;幼兽;幼鸟
- adj.幼小的;未成熟的;年轻的;岁数不大的
- 网络更年轻的;较年轻的;年轻人
英汉双解
1. | 幼小的;未成熟的having lived or existed for only a short time; not fully developed |
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| Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。 |
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| The night is still young(= it has only just started) . 夜晚刚刚开始。 |
2. | 年轻的;岁数不大的;相对年轻的not yet old; not as old as others |
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| talented young football players 天才的年轻足球运动员 |
| I am the youngest of four sisters. 我是四姐妹当中最小的。 |
| In his younger days he played rugby for Wales. 他年轻的时候在威尔士队踢橄榄球。 |
| I met the young Michelle Obama at Princeton. 米歇尔 ) 奥巴马年轻的时候,我在普林斯顿见过她。 |
| Her grandchildren keep her young. 她的孙子孙女让她保持年轻。 |
| My son's thirteen but he's young for his age(= not as developed as other boys of the same age) . 我儿子十三岁了,但他比实际年龄显得小。 |
| They married young(= at an early age) . 他们结婚很早。 |
| My mother died young . 我母亲去世得早。 |
3. | 由年轻人(或儿童)构成的;青少年的;平均年龄小的consisting of young people or young children; with a low average age |
| They have a young family. 他们家的孩子还小。 |
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4. | 年轻人的;青年的;适合青年人的suitable or appropriate for young people |
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| The clothes she wears are much too young for her. 她穿的衣服显得过于年轻了。 |
5. | ~ man/lady/woman (对年轻人表示生气或恼怒)used to show that you are angry or annoyed with a particular young person |
| I think you owe me an apology, young lady! 小姐,我认为你应该向我道歉! |
6. | (用于姓名之前或之后,以区别于年长的亲戚)used before or after a person's name to distinguish them from an older relative |
| the younger Kennedy 年纪较轻的那位肯尼迪 |
| William Pitt the younger 小威廉 ) 皮特 |
1. | (统称)年轻人,青年人young people considered as a group |
| It's a movie that will appeal to the young. 这部电影年轻人会感兴趣。 |
| It's a book for young and old alike . 这本书老少咸宜。 |
2. | 幼崽;幼兽;幼鸟young animals of a particular type or that belong to a particular mother |
| a mother bird feeding her young 喂养幼鸟的鸟妈妈 |
习惯用语
be getting younger
(表示做某事的人好像越来越年轻)used to say that people seem to be doing sth at a younger age than they used to, or that they seem younger because you are now older
| The band's fans are getting younger. 这支乐队的歌迷越来越年轻了。 |
| Why do police officers seem to be getting younger? 为什么警察好像越来越年轻了? |
not be getting any younger
老了;岁月不饶人used when you are commenting that time is passing and that you are growing older
young at heart
人老心不老thinking and behaving like a young person even when you are old
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Their suicide rate is triple that of their younger comrades, possibly because they face many existing stressors prior to entry, he said.
恰瑞利说,他们的自杀率是同龄人的三倍,可能是因为他们面对了许多入伍之前没有遇到的压力。
John's mother told him to see after his younger brother.
约翰的母亲告诉他要照顾好弟弟。
In Europe the retirement age should be raised to 70 by 2040; America, with a younger population, can afford to keep it a smidgen lower.
欧洲到2040年退休年龄应该会提高到70岁,美国年青人口多,可能可以承受低一点的年龄。
The younger man looked at her very sadly. 'Poor child! ' he said. 'You see, there's nobody left alive in the house. So nobody can come. '
年轻一点的男人忧伤地看着她,“可怜的孩子!”他说。“听着,这幢房子里的人全死了,所以没有人能来照看你。”
and if I were you, I would not give him up to my younger sister, in spite of all this tumbling down hills.
假若我是你的话,决不把他让给妹妹,尽管他们一起滚下了山。
Apparently what she was trying to do was to save the younger girls.
显然她这样做的目的是想挽救其他比她小的孩子的性命。
My other sister, Yams, who is one year younger than me, peered at me to confirm the idea and I said "Yeah, let's try that" .
另外一个比我小一岁的妹妹扬丝看了我一眼,问我觉得这个提议怎么样。我说:“行,我们就试一下吧。”
Next, it was the husband's turn. He paused for a moment, then said shyly, Well, I'd like to have a woman 30 years younger than me.
接下来该丈夫了。他沉默了一会,不好意思地说,我想要一个比我小30岁的妻子。
His father had been a Senator and Secretary of the Air Force and his younger brother a former congressman.
父亲曾是参议员和空军部长,弟弟也是前众议员。
He shook his head and smiled, as though with wistful amusement at the ignorance of his younger self.
他摇摇头,又笑了,像是在感叹自己年轻点没当爸时的想法真是无知。
Tragically, her mother and father died in a car crash when Twain was 21, forcing her to put aside music to support her younger siblings.
唐恩21岁的时候,父母不幸在一场车祸中丧生。这迫使她不得不把音乐放到一边,承担起抚养年幼弟妹的责任。
Men who like that like the idea of an innocent younger man being seduced or taught by an older woman.
好这一口的男性喜欢“年轻男人被熟女诱惑并调教”这样的情节。
One of the Jews in hiding smuggles himself into a concentration camp to see if the younger sister of the woman he loves is still alive.
藏在下水道里的一个犹太人偷偷跑到集中营,去看他深爱着的女人的妹妹是不是还活着。
Imagine that you could go back in time and tell your younger self just one lesson to help them (you) make the most of your life.
想象一下你能够回到过去,并告诉那个年轻的你仅仅一件能够帮助你使你的人生发生巨大改变的教训。
Originally, Tungse's relatives and his mother had thought the younger brother the better of the two sons because he brought them presents.
东子的亲戚朋友和母亲原来都认为两个儿子里还是小儿子好,因为他给他们东西。
I'd like to meet someone a bit younger than me. They'd have to like the children, of course.
我想找个比我年轻点的,当然他必须得喜欢孩子才行。
He said he had lent his younger brother the money.
他说他已经把钱借给他弟弟了。
Woman face seems to have joy, seem to have lost: " sister . . . Younger sister. Well, I go with you. "
女子脸上似有欢喜,似有失落:“妹妹……妹妹……好,我跟你走。”
Museum curator Carolyn Wingfield said the mummy was also two or three years younger than first believed.
博物馆馆长卡罗琳·温菲尔德说木乃伊比初信的要年轻两三年。
A teenager might have to assume major household duties while a younger child might be asked to take on additional chores.
十多岁的孩也许要承担主要的家务,而更年幼的孩子可能要增加一些额外的家务活。
Between the two men was the knowledge that Mel's younger brother had lately been a source of anxiety to them both.
梅尔的弟弟最近以来一直让这两个人耽心,这是双方都心照不宣的。
James looks younger than his wife but in actual fact he is five years older.
詹姆斯看起来比他妻子年轻,但实际上他还大五岁。
His younger brother is not much of a companion for him.
他的弟弟和他志趣不太相投。
Since his wife was much younger than he, he was constantly afraid of being cuckolded.
因为他妻子年龄比他小得多,他老是怕戴绿帽子。
He smiled at first at the air of great secrecy and wisdom on the part of the younger men.
他起初讥笑比较年轻些的人所表现的极机密,极聪明的神气。
The younger part of the household at Maryino were sorry at their going.
玛丽因诺的一班年轻人舍不得跟他们分别。
They use puppets to capture the imagination of younger audiences.
他们用木偶来启发小观众的想象力。
Could you bundle these books off to my younger brother?
请你把这些书装包送交我弟弟好吗?
There were reasons for this-often debated by Nim and other younger executives.
尼姆和其他年轻一些的行政官员经常讨论造成这种情况的原因。
She's been eating off her younger sister for months.
她有好几个月一直靠她妹妹吃饭。
The younger sister had always worn a yoke.
妹妹始终感到受压抑。
She has had two sons, of whom the younger ran wild.
她有两个儿子,小儿子不走正道。
It's a sign that I'm growing old, that I like to talk with younger people. I think it's a very pretty compensation.
我喜欢跟年轻人谈话,这是我正在逐渐衰老的迹象。我觉得这是一个很好的补救办法。
"I'm worried that there would be no work for someone like me, " he said, adding that he worries his younger brother may shun him.
“我担心我这样的人找不到工作。”他说道。
"It's my responsibility to write it down; if I do not, the younger generation will know nothing about their history, " she said.
“把它记录下来是我的责任。如果我不这么做,年轻的一代将对历史毫无所知。”她说。
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone, help! When I was younger, so much younger than today. . .
帮我!我需要有人来。帮我!但不是任何人。帮我!你知道我需要有人来,帮我!当我年轻时,远比现在年轻时…
Albrecht co-founded Aldi with his younger brother, Theo, starting from a corner grocery store that belonged to his mother.
阿尔布莱希特和他弟弟西奥成立了阿尔迪超市,从一个属于他母亲的街角杂货店开始做起。
Wendigo: Younger Brother, you and I are the only two I really trust. We walk.
弟弟,你和我自己是我唯一可以信任的两个人。我们选择的路不同,但是我们。
Along with his mother and his younger sister, Don scattered Jim's ashes at the juncture of the San Miguel and the Dolores Rivers.
唐和母亲还有妹妹一起将吉姆的骨灰撒在了圣米格尔河与多洛雷斯河交汇处。
Across the yard, one of the younger patients was vomiting into a flower bed.
穿过院子的时候,年轻的病人中,有一个正在对着花坛在那里呕吐。
He was younger than average in his grade, his mother having started him a year early.
由于菲利普的妈妈提早一年开始了他的教育,所以他比同年级同学平均年龄要小。
My mother the top of the business be framed up by the person, bankrupting, leaves me with younger sister, very poor.
我妈妈生意上被人陷害,身陷囹圄,破产,只剩下我和妹妹,一无所有。
It was recently alleged Michael was left sterile and unable to have children after Joe kicked him in the testicles when he younger.
最近,有人声称,由于儿时受到父亲踢打睾丸部位,迈克尔丧失了生育能力,所以没有孩子。
I looked at the old bird , and tried to imagine how it had been when it was younger, and famous.
我看着这个老鸟,努力地想象它年青时的样子,如何的出名。
Len Sweeting came with him to the door, his friendliness returned, his arm around the younger man's shoulders.
伦·斯威廷同他一起走到门口,又恢复了那副友好的神情,一只手搭在年轻人的肩膀上。
To make matters worse his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six yearold younger son.
更糟糕的是,不久妻子也离开了他,留下六岁的小儿子与他相依为命。
breast tissue in younger women is often too dense to evaluate the lump.
通常密度太高不易于判断肿块.超声波检查法在这些妇女中易于估计
He turns to his younger brother and says: 'Let me stand on your shoulders so I can climb over the garden wall.
他对弟弟说,让我站在你肩上,这样我就能翻过花园的围栏。
On his first "date" with the younger one, he took her out to breakfast at a local fast breakfast restaurant.
在他第一次约定与幼女出去时,他带她去了当地的一个早餐速食店。
Participants felt a generation gap with the new technology. "I'm always trying to catch up to my younger staff members. "
参与者对于新科技感到有世代落差,「我总是试著去跟上年轻工作成员的脚步」。
Issuing of corporate debt also reflects the growing influence of a younger generation in boardrooms, he said.
他说,发行公司债券也反映了公司年轻一代的董事们正在发挥更大的影响力。
I found him ( to be ) much younger than I had expected.
我发觉他比我原先预料的要年轻得多。
Yours is not the voice who called me from my sleep, "said the man. " That. . . was a younger voice.
你的声音不是唤醒我的那个声音。“神秘人说,”那是一个年轻得多的声音。