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

• Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father
  汤姆某些地方长得和他那帅气的父亲一模一样，只是年轻一些。
• She is younger than I am.
  她比我小。
• 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。
• You are younger than I by much.
  你比我年轻得多。
• His sense of guilt had its roots in his childhood loss of his younger sister
  他的负疚感源于他在童年失去了妹妹。
• The younger generation tell me that religion is 'old hat' and science has proved this.
  年轻的一代告诉我，宗教已经过时了，科学已证明了这一点。
• I saw in him a mirror image of my younger self
  我在他身上看见了年轻时的自己。
• I have a younger brother.
  我有一个弟弟。
• He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.
  他应该让位于更年轻、更有决断力的领导者。
• I would have been much wiser to start my own pension plan when I was younger.
  我要是年轻点时就开始自己的养老金计划就明智多了。