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juvenile

adjective
🔊/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/
🔊/ˈdʒuːvənl/
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  1. [only before noun] (formal or law法律) relating to young people who are not yet adults少年的；未成年的
    • juvenile crime/employment少年犯罪；童工的雇用
    • juvenile offenders少年罪犯
    • What can be done to help these juvenile delinquents turn away from crime?怎样做才能帮助这些少年犯摆脱犯罪？
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  2. (formal) relating to young birds and animals少年
    • the prey of juvenile owls幼猫头鹰的猎物
  3. (disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult幼稚的；不成熟的；孩子气的 synonym childish
    • juvenile behaviour幼稚的行为
    • Don't be so juvenile!别那么孩子气！🔊🔊
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’.

juvenile

noun
🔊/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/
🔊/ˈdʒuːvənl/
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  1. (formal or law法律) a young person who is not yet an adult少年
    • Most of the suspects were juveniles under the age of 17.犯罪嫌疑人大多是未满17岁的未成年人。
  2. (formal) a young bird or animal少年
    • The juveniles have lighter-coloured feathers.少年的羽毛较浅。
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’.