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单词 youngster
释义
youngster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjʌŋ.stər/us
/ˈjʌŋ.stɚ/
C1
ayoungperson, usually anolderchild:
年轻人；少年
Theschemeis for youngsters between theagesof ten and 16.该方案适用于年龄介于10至16岁之间的少年儿童。
Synonym
minor(YOUNG PERSON)specialized
Compare
kidnoun(CHILD)
nipperinformal
tyke(CHILD)informal
tiddlerUKinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a child
  • childWhen I was a child the summers seemed to go on for ever.
  • boyThere's a new boy in my class.
  • girlThe girl's name is Sally.
  • kidI'm off to pick up the kids from school.
  • kiddieI saw her with a little kiddie in a pushchair.
  • little oneThe little ones must be hungry by now.
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More examples
  • Scottleapedto therescuewhen hespottedthe youngster indifficulty.
  • At thattime, I was still awide-eyedyoungster.
  • Sportsstarsarerolemodelsfor thousands of youngsters.
  • ThestudyrevealedthatAsianyoungsters arestreakingaheadin theraceto get intouniversity.
  • Mostsupportingbandstendto be youngsters, andrarelyupstagethestar.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Young people
  • adolescence
  • adolescent
  • boyhood
  • delinquent
  • emo
  • girlhood
  • grow
  • larrikin
  • mall rat
  • minor
  • ned
  • post-adolescent
  • shaver
  • skinhead
  • teens
  • teenybopper
  • tween
  • tweenager
  • wild child
  • yoof
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(Definition ofyoungsterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

youngster| American Dictionary

youngster
noun[C]
us
/ˈjʌŋ·stər/
ayoungperson:
Theprogramwasdesignedtofindsummerjobsforcityyoungstersages14 to 21.
(Definition ofyoungsterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofyoungster

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If so, then the gains evidenced by these youngsters may continue to serve beneficial protective functions in future years.
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Prevention programs should target these youngsters, as they are particularly at risk, even in young adulthood.
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On the other hand, theyoungsterwho appears physically less mature is at risk to be socially marginalized.
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The reports go on to say that marriage between the farm's youngsters and servants was not common, but did occur.
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Those who chose to participate completed an in-person assessment session that involved extensive interviews and questionnaire completion by youngsters and their primary caregiver.
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They do not involve the entire family but only theyoungster.
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Participating in the intifada was an opportunity for youngsters to prove their manhood and to impose themselves in the community.
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The exhausted and tearfulyoungsterlearnt that 'you cannot afford to forget things ' (p. 57).
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Although the youngsters in her experiments have some difficulty interpreting changeof-state verbs, they were never asked to interpret other types of verbs.
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As youngsters move from adolescence to young adulthood, they are expected to adopt behaviour that is socially approved and normative.
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Instead, it was deemed normal that youngsters spend their money on clothes, entertainment or consumer durables, or that they should save for marriage.
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From there, such youngsters could carry this information throughout the alleys and tenements, along the thoroughfares and into the shops where people gadded and gossiped.
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Parents' adherence to traditional values and behaviors may have an impact on the youngsters' drug use.
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For these children, offending may be considered as part of the context of child development in which youngsters learn prosocial behaviors by trial and error.
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What research there has been in the area of vocabulary skills in late talkers has generally involved experimental studies with older language-impaired youngsters.
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