| 单词 | juvenile |
| 释义 | Related topics: Lawju·ve·nile /ˈdʒuːvənaɪl $ -nəl, -naɪl/ adjective 1 [only before noun] lawSCL relating to young people who are not yet adults 少年的 juvenile crime 少年犯罪 a juvenile court 少年法院[法庭]► see thesaurus at young2 STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEsilly and typical of a child rather than an adult – used to show disapproval 幼稚的，年幼无知的〔含贬义〕 SYN childish a very juvenile sense of humour 很幼稚的幽默感3. technical juvenile birds or animals are young 〔鸟或动物〕幼小的 —juvenile noun [countable]Examples from the Corpusjuvenile• You wouldn't think that college students could be so juvenile.• O'Brien, 15, will face murder charges in juvenile court.• Juvenile crime is an increasing problem in big cities.• The public housing units have frequently become slums and hotbeds of crime, especially juvenile delinquency.• a juvenile desire to shock people• Many juvenile offenders were being put in adult prisons.• Some of the boys tried to involve me in their juvenile pranks, but I wasn't interested.Origin juvenile (1600-1700) Latin juvenilis, from juvenis “young person”ju·ve·nile adjectiveChineseSyllable are adults yet Corpus relating young who not to people |
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