Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.
— P. G. Wodehouse
· Youth
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n. 少年時代
近義：infancy, babyhood, childhood, girlhood
反義：senescence, senility, agedness, dotage, eldership, ancientness
measles
['mi:zlz]
n. <醫(yī)>麻疹;[獸]（牛，豬的）囊蟲病;[攝]斑點;<美俚>梅毒，麻疹的紅斑點;
"Adults are often immune to German measles."
成人往往對風疹有免疫力。
近義：rubella, rubeola
vt. 趕上;接住;引起;看見;
vt.& vi. （使）被鉤住，（使）被卡住;
n. 抓;隱情;捕獲量;掛鉤;
vi. 鎖住;著火;[棒球]當接球手;
adj. 迷惑人的;令人容易上當?shù)?引人注目的;令人感興趣的;
?? 貓(cat) 捉住老鼠吃(ch)
"She managed to catch the keys as they fell."
她接住了落下的鑰匙。
近義：hook, apprehend, arrest, nab, seize, snag
反義：unhand, release, unlock, free, loosen, uncouple
adj. 年幼的;有朝氣的;年輕人的;青年的;
n. 年輕人;幼小的動物，崽;
?? 秧”（諧音）苗當然是 年輕的。有（U）勇(yong)的 年輕人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言論使許多年輕選民離他而去。
近義：offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反義：antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native
adj. 已完成的;煮熟的;合乎禮儀的;合乎規(guī)矩的;
int. （表示接受建議）;
v. 做( do的過去分詞);干;
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你說完，也許我可以說點什么。
近義：made, terminated, accomplished, complete, completed, concluded
n. 中部，中間;腰部;中央;正中;
adj. 中部的;中央的;正中的;中間的;
vt. 把…放在中間;把…對折;
vi. 放在中間;對折;
"The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families."
此地年輕的中產(chǎn)階級家庭特別多。
近義：midpoint, midst, average, center, centre, waist
反義：stub, terminal, tip, butt, extreme, extremity