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be a yob
He is such a yob, always causing trouble.
他就是个小无赖，总惹麻烦。
残忍粗暴的人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
残忍粗暴的人
a cruel and brutal fellow
He is such a yob, always causing trouble.
他就是个小无赖，总惹麻烦。
粗暴残忍的人
a cruel and brutal fellow
A couple of yobs shouted at us as we walked past the station.
我们走过车站时，几个流氓冲着我们大喊大叫。
The shopkeeper called the police when a yob started throwing things.
当一个流氓开始扔东西时，店主报了警。
Those yobs broke the window last night.
那些流氓昨晚打破了窗户。
He is such a yob, always causing trouble.
他就是个小无赖，总惹麻烦。
yob常用复数形式yobs。
A gang of yobs vandalized the park last night.
昨晚一群小无赖破坏公园。
Don't behave like a yob in public.
别在公共场合像个小无赖一样。
Not this
He is yob.
Use this
He is a yob.
yob是可数名词，表示单数时前面需要加不定冠词'a'。中文中没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Not this
That yob is very polite.
Use this
That youth is very polite.
yob含有贬义，意为'粗鲁的年轻人'，不能用于描述有礼貌的人。应使用中性词'youth'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
足球流氓
Police arrested a group of football yobs after the match.
比赛结束后，警察逮捕了一群足球流氓。
粗野文化
The government promised to tackle yob culture in town centres.
政府承诺要整治市中心粗野文化。
醉酒闹事者
Two drunken yobs were thrown out of the nightclub.
两名醉酒闹事者被赶出了夜总会。
粗暴行为
Residents complained about yob behaviour on the estate.
居民们抱怨住宅区里的粗暴行为。
暴力恶徒
The victim identified the violent yob in court.
受害者在法庭上指认了那个暴力恶徒。
Use yob naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
yob 读起来像 job，但 job 是工作，yob 却是粗暴残忍的人。
语域：informal 常见场景：英式英语、日常口语、街头或青少年相关报道 yob 通常用于英式英语的非正式场合，多指行为粗暴、带有攻击性的年轻男子；正式写作中比较少见。
All the words above rhyme with yob: they share the stressed vowel /ɒ/ and the following /b/, and they all contain the spelling chunk "ob". Don't be fooled by the look of "yob": the "y" is pronounced /j/ (as in "yes") and the "o" is the short /ɒ/ (as in "hot"), not /əʊ/ as in "yo-yo".
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.