[N-COUNT 可数名词]少年 A juvenile is a child or young person who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult.
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
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[ADJ 形容词]少年的;未成年的Juvenile activity or behaviour involves young people who are not yet adults.
[ADJ n]
Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.
青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
...a scheme to lock up persistent juvenile offenders.
将青少年惯犯关入监狱的计划
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为)幼稚的,不成熟的,孩子气的 If you describe someone's behaviour as juvenile, you are critical of it because you think that it is silly or childish.
[disapproval]
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]幼仔;幼兽;雏鸟 Young animals are sometimes referred to as juveniles .
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ju·ven·ile/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl; NAmEˈdʒuːvənl/
adjective
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noun
juvenilejuvenilesadjective1[only before noun ]( formalorlaw 律) connected with 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2( disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult 幼稚的;不成熟的;孩子气的SYN
childish
◆juvenile behaviour幼稚的行为◆Don't be so juvenile!别那么孩子气!noun( formalorlaw 律) a young person who is not yet an adult 少年ju·ven·ile/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl; NAmEˈdʒuːvənl/
1[only before noun] law relating to young people who are not yet adults: juvenile crime a juvenile court► see thesaurus at
young
2silly and typical of a child rather than an adult – used to show disapprovalSYN childish: a very juvenile sense of humour3technical juvenile birds or animals are young—juvenile noun [countable]
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