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Junior Year School Noun High Low Young English

Junior as an adjective means having a lower position or rank, or less senior. As a noun, it refers to someone younger or less senior, or can be used after a male name to distinguish from an elder with the same name.

Junior 用作形容词时,指职位或地位较低的,或年资较浅的。用作名词时,指比自己年少者或年资较浅者,也可指男子名后的“小”字(区别于同名的长辈)。;

word junior
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junior ★★★☆☆
/ʤu͟ːniə(r)/
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]职位(或地位)较低的;年资较浅的 A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.

    基层和中层公务员已承诺要加入到无限期罢工中来。

  • ...a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office.

    在总理公署任职的助理部长

  • Junior is also a noun.
    • The Lord Chancellor has said legal aid work is for juniors when they start out in the law.

      大法官曾说过,法律援助工作适合由初涉法律工作、年资较浅的律师来做。

2
[N-SING 单数名词]较年幼者;年少者 If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are.
  [poss N]
  • She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.

    她现在与比她小10岁的演员丹尼斯·劳森同居。

3
[N-IN-NAMES 名称名词]小(用于男子名后以区别于家族中同名的长辈,缩略形式为Jr) Junior is sometimes used after the name of the younger of two men in a family who have the same name, sometimes in order to prevent confusion. The abbreviation Jr is also used.
  [AM 美]
  • His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.

    他的儿子,小阿瑟·奥克斯,有望子承父业继续从事出版。

4
[N-COUNT 可数名词](美国高中或大学的)三年级学生 In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a junior.
  • Their youngest daughter Amy's a junior at the University of Evansville in Indiana...

    他们的小女儿埃米是印第安纳州埃文斯维尔大学三年级的学生。

  • It was the summer before his junior year in high school.

    那是他升入高三前的那个夏天。


Oxford jun·ior / ˈdʒuːniə(r) ; NAmE ˈdʒuːniər /
adjective
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noun
junior juniors
adjective of low rank 低层 1 [usually before noun ] having a low rank in an organization or a profession 地位(或职位、级别)低下的 junior employees 低层雇员 juniorto sb She is junior to me. 她职位比我低。 in sport 体育运动 2 [only before noun ] connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports 青少年的 the world junior tennis championships 世界青少年网球锦标赛 son 儿子 3 Junior ( abbr.Jnr , Jr ) (especially in US) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, to avoid confusion (尤用于美国,置于同名父子中儿子的姓名之后)小 compare
the younger
at young adj.  (6 )
school/college 学校;学院 4 [only before noun ] ( BrE) (of a school or part of a school 学校或学校的一部份 ) for children under the age of 11 or 13 为 11 或 13 岁以下儿童设立的 5 [only before noun ] ( NAmE) connected with the year before the last year in a high schoolor college (四年制中学或大学中)三年级生的,三年级的 I spent my junior year in France. 我三年级是在法国念的。 compare
senior
noun low level job 职位低的工作 1 [countable ] ( especially BrE) a person who has a job at a low level within an organization 职位较低者;低层次工作人员 office juniors 办公室的低级职员 in sport 体育运动 2 [countable ] a young person below a particular age, rather than an adult 青少年;青少年运动员 She has coached many of our leading juniors. 她训练过我们许多名列前茅的青少年运动员。 in school/college 学校;学院 3 [countable ] ( BrE) a child who goes to junior school 小学生 4 [countable ] ( NAmE) a student in the year before the last year at high schoolor college (中学或大学的)三年级学生 compare
sophomore
son 儿子 5 [singular ] ( NAmE) ( informal) a person's young son 男孩子;年幼的儿子 I leave junior with Mom when I'm at work. 我工作时就把儿子留给母亲照看。 IDIOM be…years sb's ˈjunior | be sb's junior (by…) to be younger than sb, by the number of years mentioned 小某人…岁;比某人小…岁 She's four years his junior. 她比他小四岁。 She's his junior by four years. 她比他小四岁。
jun·ior / ˈdʒuːniə(r) ; NAmE ˈdʒuːniər /
LDC
junior1 adjective
junior2 noun
juniorjunior1 ●●● W3 adjective [only before noun]
Word Origin
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1having a low rank in an organization or profession OPP  senior:  a junior doctorjunior to There are several people junior to me (=with a lower rank than me).2relating to sport for young people below a particular age:  the junior football club3 British English relating to a school for children below the age of 11:  the junior classrooms4 American English relating to the year before the final year of high school or college:  the second semester of my junior year
senior1
junior1 adjective
junior2 noun
juniorjunior2 ●○○ noun
Examples
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Phrases
1be two/five/ten etc years somebody’s junior (also be somebody’s junior by two/five/ten etc years) written to be two, five, ten etc years younger than someone:  She married a man seven years her junior.2[countable] a young person who takes part in sport for people below a particular age:  The juniors use the courts on Tuesday night.3[countable] especially British English someone who has a low rank in an organization or profession:  an office junior4[countable] British English a child who goes to a junior school5[countable] American English a student in the year before the final year of high school or college
freshman
, senior2(1)
, sophomore
6Junior American English spoken a name used humorously when speaking to or about a boy or a younger man, especially your son:  Where’s Junior?
WDF

junior

[ˈdʒu:niə(r)]

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年少者(26%),晚辈(22%),下级的(14%),资历较浅的(13%),年少的(10%),地位较低者(10%),三年级生(5%)
adj.年少的;后进的;下级的
n.年少者,晚辈;地位较低者;大学三年级学生
n.(Junior)人名;(英)朱尼尔;(德)尤尼奥尔

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