juvenile

adjective

/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/

/ˈdʒuːvənl/

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[only before noun] (formal or law法律) relating to young people who are not yet adults少年的；未成年的
- juvenile crime/employment少年犯罪；童工的雇用
- juvenile offenders少年罪犯
- What can be done to help these juvenile delinquents turn away from crime?怎样做才能帮助这些少年犯远离犯罪？
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- adolescent
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- generation
- infant
- juvenile
- middle-aged
- minor
- teenage
- young
Topics Life stagesc1, Law and justicec1
(formal) relating to young birds and animals少年
- the prey of juvenile owls幼年猫头鹰的猎物
(disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult幼稚的；不成熟的；孩子气的 synonym childish
- juvenile behaviour幼稚的行为
- Don't be so juvenile!别那么孩子气！

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’.

noun

/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/

/ˈdʒuːvənl/

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(formal or law法律) a young person who is not yet an adult少年
- Most of the suspects were juveniles under the age of 17.犯罪嫌疑人大多是未满17岁的未成年人。
(formal) a young bird or animal少年
- The juveniles have lighter-coloured feathers.幼鸟的羽毛颜色较浅。