delinquent
英 [dɪˈlɪŋkwənt] 美 [dɪˈlɪŋkwənt,-ˈlɪn-]

adj.

不尽责的，怠工的；有过失的；拖欠债务的；

n.

流氓；少年罪犯；失职者；

变形

复数：delinquents

英英释义

delinquent[ di'liŋkwənt ]

• n.a young offender

  同义词：juvenile delinquent

• adj.
  • guilty of a minor misdeed

    "delinquent minors"

  • failing in what duty requires

    "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"

    同义词：derelictneglectfulremiss

  • persistently bad

    "school for delinquent boys"

  • past due; not paid at the scheduled time

    "a delinquent account"

    同义词：overdue

词组短语

juvenile delinquent少年犯

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Most delinquent children have deprived backgrounds.
   多数少年犯都有贫困且未受教育的背景。
2. You are a delinquent subordinate.
   你是一个失职的部下。
3. The businessman was billed for delinquent taxes.
   那商人因拖欠税金而被罚款。

用作名词(n.)

1. A boy might live in a minus neighborhood but not be a delinquent.
   一个男孩子可以生活在一个差劲的街坊而不沦为罪犯。
2. I'm afraid he'll ultimately become a juvenile delinquent.
   我恐怕他最终会成为一名青少年罪犯。

权威例句

DELINQUENT BOYS; THE CULTURE OF THE GANG.
Delinquent Boys—The Culture of the Gang
Bone Lead Levels and Delinquent Behavior
Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70
Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs
The stability of antisocial and delinquent child behavior: a review.
Speculative precomputation: long-range prefetching of delinquent loads
Speculative precomputation: long-range prefetching of delinquent loads
LIFE‐COURSE DESISTERS? TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AMONG DELINQUENT BOYS FOLLOWED TO AGE 70
Parents' Monitoring-Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior: Evidence of Correlated Developmental Changes and Recipr...