younger

英[ˈjʌŋgə(r)]美['jʌŋɡər]

n.年纪较小者；

adj.较年轻的，年幼的( young的比较级 )，有朝气的，年轻人的，青年的；

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She was edged out of the semi-final by her younger rival.较年轻的对手取代了她的位置进入半决赛。

I often dreamed of my younger brother soon after I left home.刚离开家时, 我常梦见弟弟。

Careful make-up and styling can take years off you (=make you look much younger).仔细化妆和头发造型能使人显得年轻。

The older boys always picked on the younger ones.大孩子总是招惹小的孩子。

He’s had a good innings but now it’s time for him to retire and let someone younger take over as director.他成功地当了多年主任，不过现在该退休了，让更年轻的人来接替。

Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older.每天锻炼身体使他看起来年轻而不显老。

She is cutting down her dress for her younger sister.她正把自己的衣服改小, 准备给妹妹穿。

The younger folks were in rapture.年轻人个个欣喜若狂。

The younger Williams is the top seed at Wimbledon.小威廉姆斯是温布尔登网球公开赛的头号种子选手。

She is older than me but my other sisters are younger.她比我大, 其余都是我妹妹。

英语六级真题

Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure system often stifles(压制)them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging like-mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas.

Younger people today mostly accept that they will have to work for longer and that their pensions will be less generous.

That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers' choice

Older societies may be less innovative and more strongly disinclined to take risks than younger ones.

By 2025 at the latest, about half the voters in America and most of those in western European countries will be over 50—and older people turn out to vote in much greater number than younger ones

The younger generation will beat the old.

The reason why employers are unwilling to keep older workers is that younger workers are readily available

their pay is higher than that of younger ones

younger workers are readily available

Compared with younger ones, older societies are less inclined to be innovative and take risks than younger ones.

Mary's University, credits this younger generation's political strength to their embrace of technology.

What accounts for the younger generation's political strength according to Professor Henry Flores

They are little lessons which older people of a culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life.

Access to foot traffic and proximity to transit allow the type of entertainment-oriented businesses such as bars and restaurants to stay open later, which attracts both younger, creative workers and baby boomers nearing retirement alike.

Our society needs the full participation of its younger citizens if it is to continue to thrive.

The study involved ordinary adults watching video clips of babies nine months or younger.

This was especially true for younger people.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

年幼的;幼小的;未成熟的

A young person, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature.

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ADJ-GRADED

年轻时的;青年时代的

You use young to describe a time when a person or thing was young.

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ADJ-GRADED

（显得）年轻的;（显得）岁数不大的

Someone who is young in appearance or behaviour looks or behaves as if they are young.

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N-PLURAL

幼兽;幼崽;幼禽

The young of an animal are its babies.

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英英词典释义

Adjective

1. younger brother or sister;

2. used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father;