| 正面 | 2468.junior 英 ['dʒuːnɪə]美 ['dʒunɪɚ] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. gentle + man.2. => well-born man.3. At here, gentle uses its obsoleted meaning "having a noble character, generous, courteous".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 例句: 1. 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。 junior 小的,青少年的,本科三年级来自拉丁语junior,小的,缩写自juvenior,年青的,来自iuvenis的比较级,词源同young,juvenile. junior (adj.)late 13c., from Latin iunior, comparative of iuvenis "young, young man" (see young). Used after a person's name to mean "the younger of two" from late 13c. Abbreviation Jr. is attested from 1620s. Meaning "of lesser standing, more recent" is from 1766. That of "meant for younger people, of smaller size" is from 1860. Junior college first attested 1896; junior high school is from 1909. Junior miss "young teenage girl" is from 1907. The junior high school is rapidly becoming the people's high school. The percentage of pupils completing the ninth year is constantly rising where junior high schools have been established. [Anne Laura McGregor, "Supervised Study in English for Junior High School Grades," New York, 1921] junior (n.)1520s, from junior (adj.)." |
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