juvenile
英 [ˈdʒu:vənaɪl] 美 [ˈdʒuvənl]

adj.

少年的；幼稚的，年少无知的；幼稚的；

n.

青少年；扮演少年角色的演员；少年读物；羽毛未丰的鸟，雏鸟

变形

复数：juveniles

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]未成年者; 少年 a young person who is not yet adult
2. [C]扮演少年角色的演员 an actor or actress who plays such a part
3. [C]雏鸟；幼兽 a young animal that has not reached sexual maturity.

adj.(形容词)

1. [A]少年的 for young people, no longer babies but not yet fully grown
2. [A]幼稚的,年少无知的 childish and foolish

英英释义

juvenile[ 'dʒu:vənail, -nil ]

• n.a youthful person

  同义词：juvenile person

• adj.
  • of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people

    "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"

  • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

    "their behavior was juvenile"

    同义词：adolescentjejunepuerile

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• juvenile audience少年观众
• juvenile behavior幼稚的行为
• the juvenile library少年图书馆

词组短语

juvenile delinquency少年违法犯罪

juvenile court n. 少年法庭

juvenile diabetes青少年糖尿病；幼年型糖尿病

juvenile hormone保幼激素

juvenile delinquent少年犯

同近义词辨析

adolescent, teenager, youth, juvenile

这组词都有“年轻人，青少年”的意思，其区别是：

adolescent比teenager正式，侧重年龄。

teenager主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。

youth现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。

juvenile指青少年，系法律上的常用词。

adolescent, youthful, juvenile, young

这组词都有“年轻的，年幼的”的意思，其区别是：

adolescent指13至16岁左右处于青春期的人，尚不成熟。

youthful褒义或贬义均可用。指具有青年人的外貌或年轻人应具有的品格。

juvenile较正式用词，一般12岁以下的少年，着重其生理和智力上的不成熟。

young强调年龄小，处于生长的前期。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. 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。
2. They are holding a forum on juvenile delinquency.
   他们正举行一个有关青少年犯罪的讨论会。
3. He is an expert in juvenile delinquency.
   他是研究青少年犯罪的专家。
4. He wrote down to the juvenile readers.
   他为青少年读者写浅显的作品。
5. For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.
   作为一个成年人，他的举止显得十分幼稚。

用作名词(n.)

1. They are holding a forum on juvenile delinquency.
   他们正举行一个有关青少年犯罪的讨论会。
2. He wrote down to the juvenile readers.
   他为青少年读者写浅显的作品。
3. At first this shop sold newspapers and magazines only, but it has since put in juvenile books.
   这家商店起初只出售报纸和杂志，后来又增售青少年读物。

权威例句

Juvenile delinquency and urban areas.
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report.
Prior juvenile diagnoses in adults with mental disorder: developmental follow-back of a prospective-longitudinal cohort.
Mutations in the parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism.
Early onset of vegetation growth vs. rapid green-up: impacts on juvenile mountain ungulates.
Mutations in HFE2 cause iron overload in chromosome 1q|[ndash]|linked juvenile hemochromatosis
Etanercept in children with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group.
Manufactured nanomaterials (fullerenes, C60) induce oxidative stress in the brain of juvenile largemouth bass.
International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: second revision, Edmonton, 20...
Developmental abnormalities of the gonad and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in juvenile alligators from contaminated and contro...