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

• 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。
• We should curb juvenile delinquency by education.
  我们应该通过教育抑制少年犯罪。
• 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。
• 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。
• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.
  身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Their behaviour is juvenile and arrogant.
  他们现在的行为是不成熟和傲慢的。
• Juvenile offenders should not be tried in adult courts.
  少年犯不应该在成人法庭受审。
• California's juvenile justice system is different from the state's adult justice system.
  加州的青少年法律体系与成年人的有所不同。
• 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。