;(通常指青少年)常有违法行为的,屡犯轻罪的 Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
...remand homes for delinquent children.
少年犯拘留所
Delinquent is also a noun.
...a nine-year-old delinquent.
九岁的少年犯
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[ADJ 形容词]拖欠债务的;未缴税款的 A delinquent borrower or taxpayer is someone who has failed to pay their debts or taxes.
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[TECHNICAL 术语]
...a delinquent borrower.
欠债未还的借款者
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de·lin·quent/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt; NAmEdɪˈlɪŋkwənt/adjective1(especially of young people or their behaviour 尤指青年人或其行为)showing a tendency to commit crimes 有违法倾向的◆delinquent teenagers不良青少年2( NAmE) ( finance 财) 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( NAmE) ( finance 财) (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▶de·lin·quentnoun☞see also
1behaving in a way that is illegal or that society does not approve of → criminaldelinquent girls/boys/children/teenagers2 technical a delinquent debt, account etc has not been paid on time: the recovery of delinquent loans
delinquent1 adjective
delinquent2 noun
delinquentdelinquent2 noun [countable]
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someone, especially a young person, who breaks the law or behaves in ways their society does not approve of: Deanes writes and lectures about teenage delinquents. →
juvenile delinquent
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