younger

1. 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.
   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 young are 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。
2. 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.
   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。
3. 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.
   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。
4. N-PLURAL 幼兽;幼崽;幼禽
   The young of 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。

1. Anne's not getting any younger.
   安妮一点没有变年轻。
2. And would you believe it, he's younger than me!
   你信吗？他比我年轻！
3. Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother
   哦，那么你是彼得的弟弟。
4. 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。
5. Politicians usually attract younger women, dare I say it, because of the status they have in society.
   恕我直言，由于政客的社会地位，他们通常容易吸引一些年轻的女性。
6. 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。
7. If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.
   如果我再年轻一些，或是再单纯一些，那些批评可能就会把我给毁了。
8. I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger
   我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。
9. As a child she fought with her younger sister
   她小时候会和妹妹打架。
10. 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。
11. They looked younger than I knew them to be
    他们看起来比我所知道的实际年龄显小。
12. He had mentored scores of younger doctors.
    他指导过许多更年轻的医生。
13. 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。
14. Her husband had moved in with a younger woman
    她丈夫和一个比她年轻的女人同居了。
15. Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister.
    赫斯特在她那年轻而且姿色更胜一筹的妹妹面前黯然失色。
16. 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。
17. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger
    在老年群体中女性占大多数，因为男性的寿命往往较短。
18. Smoking is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger women
    抽烟在年轻女性中变得越来越常见。
19. Many returners are far better at working with people than they were when they were younger.
    很多重返工作岗位的人比她们年轻的时候更善于和人们共事。
20. 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。
21. He may be supplanted by a younger man
    他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
22. Women over 40 seem to be just as capable of carrying a baby to term as younger women.
    年过40的女性好像和年轻女性一样能够怀孕到足月。
23. She had a twin brother and a younger brother.
    她有一个双胞胎哥哥和一个弟弟。
24. She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she
    她犹豫不决，不知道是该选择年龄比她大一倍的男人还是比她小的男人。
25. He played with his younger brother.
    他和弟弟一起玩。
26. 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。
27. She is younger than I am.
    她比我小。
28. You are younger than I by much.
    你比我年轻得多。
29. I have a younger brother.
    我有一个弟弟。

adj

1. 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.