young的常用短语是：用作形容词(adj.)no as〔so〕 young as one used to be〔was〕老的,失去青春活力的 old or growing old and losing vigour, good health, etc。young的词语用法是adj.(形容词)young的基本意思是“年轻的,年幼的,幼小的,新发展的”,指某人或某物处于一种不成熟的或萌芽的状态。用于比喻可指“有朝气的,有青春活力的”。young比较级:younger；最高级:youngest；名词:youngness。
一、详尽释义点此查看young的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.年幼的;幼小的;未成熟的
Ayoung person, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature.
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e.g. In Scotland,young people can marry at 16...
在苏格兰，年轻人16岁就可以结婚。
e.g. You weren't so veryyoung 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。
2.年轻时的;青年时代的
You useyoung to describe a time when a person or thing was young.
e.g. 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。
3.（显得）年轻的;（显得）岁数不大的
Someone who isyoung in appearance or behaviour looks or behaves as if they are young.
e.g. I was twenty-three, I suppose, andyoung for my age...
我当时23岁，我想，看上去比实际年龄小。
e.g. He seemed to me veryyoung and very lonely.
我觉得他似乎非常年轻，非常孤独。
4.幼兽;幼崽;幼禽
Theyoung of an animal are its babies.
e.g. The hen may not be able to feed itsyoung.
雌鸟可能无法给幼鸟喂食。
三、网络解释
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1. 年轻的：这一段文字中讲到加纳这个国家中的大多数妇女:受过教育的(educated)和没有受过教育的(illiterate住在城市的(urban)和住在农村的(rural),年轻的(young)和年长的(old)正好是几对反义词,因此答案为C.
四、例句
The young look is in fashion this year.
今年时兴扮年轻人的样子。
Those clothes she's wearing are much too young for her.
她穿的那些衣服显得太年轻了。
The evening is still young.
晚间刚开始不久。
He was young in this kind of work.
他对这种工作经验不多。
The young in our society need care and protection.
我们社会的年轻人需要关怀和照顾。
This is a book for young and old alike.
这本书老少咸宜。
The bird went back to the nest to feed her young.
那只鸟飞回巢去喂幼鸟了。
五、经典引文
The heart wood is..darker..than the soft or young wood.
出自：J. C. LoudonHe was still a young man, only just turned forty.
出自：A. TrollopeDealing with Dirt is..aimed at a fairly young audience.
出自：New Scientist六、情景对话
Living an Independent Life-(生活)
young的反义词
A：Mom, I want to move out.
妈妈，我想搬出去住。
B：Hey, sounds great to me, kid. What kind of job did you find?
嘿，听起来到很不错，孩子，你找到了什么工作？
A：Job?
什么工作？
B：Yes, job. If you’re going to live on your own, you have to pay for rent and everything else.
是呀，工作。如果你想一个人住，你必须自己付房租，还有所有的一切。
A：I thought I could just get you and Dad to pay for an apartment. I found a cheap one.
我想让你和爸爸来付房租，我就找间便宜点的。
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B：When you move out, your father and I aren’t paying your rent,young man. Get a job.
你搬走的话，年轻人，你爸爸和我是不会给你付房租的，找一个工作吧。
A：You’re right. If I’m going to live on my own, I have to be independent.
没错。如果要一个人住的话，我要学会。
B：Well, the newspaper is over there. Look in the want ads, but I don’t know what you’re going to find without a college degree.
哦，那边有报纸。看看招聘专栏，但是我不知道没有大学文凭你可以找到什么工作。
七、词义辨析
young的相关近义词
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