younger

英 ['jʌŋɡə(r)]

美 ['jʌŋɡər]

adj.  幼小的; 未成熟的; 年轻的; 岁数不大的; 相对年轻的; 年轻人的; 青年的; 适合青年人的
young的比较级

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 年幼的;幼小的;未成熟的
  Ayoungperson, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature.
  1. In Scotland, young people can marry at 16...
     在苏格兰，年轻人16岁就可以结婚。
  2. You weren't so very young when she died; you were old enough to remember.
     她去世的时候你不算太年幼，已经能记事了。
  3. ...a field of young barley...
     长满青青大麦苗的田地
  4. He played with his younger brother.
     他和弟弟一起玩。
  5. The youngare people who are young.
     年轻人;青年人;少年
  6. The association is advising pregnant women, the very young and the elderly to avoid such foods.
     协会建议孕妇、儿童和老年人不要食用此类食物。
• ADJ-GRADED 年轻时的;青年时代的
  You useyoungto describe a time when a person or thing was young.
  1. In her younger days my mother had been a successful fashionwear saleswoman.
     我妈妈年轻时曾经是个成功的时装销售员。
• ADJ-GRADED （显得）年轻的;（显得）岁数不大的
  Someone who isyoungin appearance or behaviour looks or behaves as if they are young.
  1. I was twenty-three, I suppose, and young for my age...
     我当时23岁，我想，看上去比实际年龄小。
  2. He seemed to me very young and very lonely.
     我觉得他似乎非常年轻，非常孤独。
• N-PLURAL 幼兽;幼崽;幼禽
  Theyoungof an animal are its babies.
  1. The hen may not be able to feed its young.
     雌鸟可能无法给幼鸟喂食。

英英释义

adj

• used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
  1. John Junior
  2. John Smith, Jr.
  Synonym:jr.

双语例句

• If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.
  如果我再年轻一些，或是再单纯一些，那些批评可能就会把我给毁了。
• She is younger than I am.
  她比我小。
• Women over 40 seem to be just as capable of carrying a baby to term as younger women.
  年过40的女性好像和年轻女性一样能够怀孕到足月。
• In her younger days my mother had been a successful fashionwear saleswoman.
  我妈妈年轻时曾经是个成功的时装销售员。
• He played with his younger brother.
  他和弟弟一起玩。
• He may be supplanted by a younger man
  他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
• She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she
  她犹豫不决，不知道是该选择年龄比她大一倍的男人还是比她小的男人。
• I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger
  我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。
• They looked younger than I knew them to be
  他们看起来比我所知道的实际年龄显小。
• Smoking is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger women
  抽烟在年轻女性中变得越来越常见。