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delinquent

noun
🔊/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
🔊/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
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  1. a young person who tends to commit crimes有违法倾向的
    • teenage delinquents青少年犯罪
    see also juvenile delinquentTopics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. (North American English, finance金融) a person who has failed to pay money that is owed拖欠债务的；欠债未还的
    • credit deliquents信用欠款人

delinquent

adjective
🔊/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
🔊/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
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  1. (especially of young people or their behaviour尤指青年人或其行为) tending to commit crimes有违法倾向的
    • delinquent teenagers不良青少年
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. (North American English, finance金融) having failed to pay money that is owed拖欠债务的；欠债未还的
    • a delinquent borrower欠债未还的借款人
  3. (North American English, finance金融) (of a sum of money款项) not having been paid in time到期未付的
    • a delinquent loan逾期未还的贷款
    4. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin delinquent- ‘offending’, from the verb delinquere, from de- ‘away’ + linquere ‘to leave’.