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

• Correcting juvenile sex offenders is related to the long political stability of society and the healthy growth of juveniles.
  矫治性犯罪青少年关系到社会的长治久安和青少年的健康成长。
• This helps to explain why there is so little juvenile delinquency among them.
  这也就解释了为什么在他们当中很少有少年犯罪的发生。
• He is an expert in juvenile delinquency.
  他是研究青少年犯罪的专家。
• Juvenile offenders should not be tried in adult courts.
  少年犯不应该在成人法庭受审。
• The juvenile stages and neoteny observed by him may also be explained in this way.
  他所看到的幼态阶段和幼态成熟也可利用这种方法来解释。
• A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
  处于青春期和成熟期的青少年。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.
  青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
• We have prepared this report in an effort to help those concerned with addressing the problems of juvenile crime.
  我们撰写这个报告的目的是为那些关注青少年犯罪问题的人们提供支持和帮助。
• 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。