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单词 gilded youth
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Definition of gilded youth in English:

gilded youth

noun
  • treated as singular or plural Fashionable, wealthy young people.

    a new bar trying to attract the gilded youth of London
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In all this Yang is the epitome of the gilded youth of pre-WWII China who received an education in the West before coming home to face deprivation and civil war.
    • I was at an upmarket chiringuito (beach bar) in the midst of a crowd of extremely gilded youth, sipping a cuba libre and listening to loud music.
    • Indeed, if the book has an underlying theme, it is to refute the standard tabloid image of Dublin's gilded youth as badly behaved hedonists.
    • The writers have avoided the commonplace and discovered a rich language for these gilded youth.
    • Her murder shattered many illusions, exposing the dark underside of this exotic world, and triggered a debate about the morals of India's gilded youth.

Origin

Late 19th century: translating jeunesse dorée.

 
 
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