youthquake
noun [ C usually singular ] uk/ˈjuːθ.kweɪk/ us/ˈjuːθ.kweɪk/
青年运动大冲击，青年大骚动
an important social or political change that is started by young people
Some commentators predict a "youthquake" in the coming elections. 有评论家预测，在即将到来的选举中，会有一场“青年大骚动”。
There's a youthquake going on and it started online. 发生了一场青年运动大冲击，是从网上开始的。
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- He writes that the youthquake of the 1960s pulled down social barriers and overthrew elitism.
- We were the youthquake: the sexual revolution, pop music, the start of the technological age.
- The term "youthquake" was coined in 1965 by Diana Vreeland, then editor of Vogue magazine.
- People quickly attributed the party's success to a "youthquake".