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| 1 | someone who is young has lived for only a short time 年轻的；幼小的 |
| She’ s married with two young children. 她已经结婚，并有了两个年幼的孩子。 |
| They told him he was too young to understand. 他们对他说他年纪太小无法理解。 |
| | 1a | looking or behaving in a way that you would expect of a young person （长相或行为）年轻人的，年轻人特有的 | | She has very young hands. 她有一双年轻人的手。 | | be/look young for your age (=behave or seem as though you are younger than you really are) He’ s a nice boy, but very young for his age. 看起来比实际年龄显得年轻 | | Denise looks really young for her age, doesn’ t she? 丹尼斯看起来比她的实际年龄年轻许多，不是吗？ | |
| | 1b | used about things that are suitable for young people 适合年轻人的 | | I’ m afraid I think that dress is a little young for you. 恐怕那条裙子更适合比你稍年轻一点的人。 | |
| | 1c | used about adults who are not very old 年轻男子/女子/人 | | what young people really want 年轻人真正想要的 | |
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| 2 | something that is young has existed for only a short time 存在不久的；新成立的 |
| It’ s still quite a young organization. 它还只是一个刚成立不久的组织。 |
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| - | young at heart
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| an old person who is young at heart has a lively positive attitude to life that is more typical of a younger person |
| （老年人）心态年轻的 |
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| youngness noun U |
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