juvenile

英 [ˈdʒuːvənaɪl]

美 [ˈdʒuːvənl]

adj.  少年的; 未成年的; 幼稚的; 不成熟的; 孩子气的
n.  少年

复数：juveniles　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7801 / COCA.5261

牛津词典

adj.

• 少年的；未成年的
  connected with young people who are not yet adults
  1. juvenile crime/employment
     少年犯罪；童工的雇用
  2. juvenile offenders
     少年罪犯
• 幼稚的；不成熟的；孩子气的
  silly and more typical of a child than an adult
  1. juvenile behaviour
     幼稚的行为
  2. Don't be so juvenile!
     别那么孩子气！

noun

• 少年
  a young person who is not yet an adult

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 少年
  Ajuvenileis a child or young person who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult.
  1. The number of juveniles in the general population has fallen by a fifth in the past 10 years.
     总人口中少年所占比例在过去10年中下降了1/5。
• ADJ 少年的；未成年的
  Juvenileactivity or behaviour involves young people who are not yet adults.
  1. Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.
     青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
  2. ...a scheme to lock up persistent juvenile offenders.
     将青少年惯犯关入监狱的计划
• ADJ-GRADED （行为）幼稚的，不成熟的，孩子气的
  If you describe someone's behaviour asjuvenile, you are critical of it because you think that it is silly or childish.
  1. He's a typical male, as he gets older he becomes more juvenile.
     他是个典型的男人，年龄越大越孩子气。
• 幼仔；幼兽;雏鸟
  Young animals are sometimes referred to asjuveniles.

英英释义

noun

• a young person, not fully developed
  Synonym:juvenile person

adj

• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  1. adolescent insecurity
  2. jejune responses to our problems
  3. their behavior was juvenile
  4. puerile jokes
  Synonym:adolescentjejunepuerile
• of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
  1. juvenile diabetes
  2. juvenile fashions

双语例句

• To China, this is the healthiest she's the end of the juvenile years.
  对中国来讲，这是她最健康的少年岁月的结束。
• This report, while similar, focuses on juvenile crime trends and the juvenile justice system in California.
  与此类似，这个报告将重点放在了加利福尼亚州的青少年犯罪以及青少年法律体系上。
• She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday.
  她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。
• For some years, juvenile delinquency has been increasing.
  几年来，青少年犯罪增加。
• This juvenile offender received no more than a judicial slap on the wrist.
  这名少年犯只被从轻处惩了一下。
• The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of natural landscape images on juvenile offenders'emotional state.
  本研究主要在探讨自然景观意像对监禁中少年犯情感状态的影响。
• The US Federal Government and44 states permit life sentences without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders.
  美国联邦政府和44个国家的许可证被判处终身监禁，且无法获得假释的，为少年犯。
• There are two main sorts of juvenile crime: stealing and violence.
  有两种类型的青少年犯罪&偷窃和暴力。
• Psychologists are dealing with the problem of maladjusted adolescence and "juvenile delinquency".
  心理学家对付着不适应环境的青少年和青少年犯罪的问题。
• This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates.
  这种父母管教的缺乏被认为对少年犯罪率是有影响的。