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.
[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。
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[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。
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[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。
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[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); NAmEˈdʒuːniər/
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juniorjuniorsadjective★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3Junior(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
atyoungadj. (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。IDIOMbe…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); NAmEˈdʒuːniər/
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junior1 adjective
junior2 noun
juniorjunior1 ●●●W3 adjective [only before noun]
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1having a low rank in an organization or professionOPP 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
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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?