youth

英[juːθ] 美[jʊθ]

反义词age

复数: youths;

youth 青年时期

来自PIE*yeu,生命力，年青的活力，-th,名词后缀，用做young的名词形式。

youth (n.): Old English geoguð "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 duguð). 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.: 从务实角度来说，音乐电视网的生存依赖于把年轻人市场卖给广告商。

2. Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.: 老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。

3. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.: 我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。

4. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.: 他们被指控组织并资助地下青年运动。

5. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.: 一个小青年正在车里试图用电线短路的方法发动汽车。