- [usually before noun]
having a low rank in an organization or a profession 地位(或职位、级别)低下的 Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2She's quite junior in the organization. 她在这个组织中级别颇低。 a very junior officer 一名级别很低的军官
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- very
- fairly
- relatively
- …
- to
- [only before noun]
connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports 青少年的 He's a member of the club's junior team. 他是俱乐部青年队的成员。 the world junior tennis championships 世界青少年网球锦标赛
- Junior(abbreviation Jnr, Jr)
(especially in the US) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, to make it clear who is being referred to compare the younger(尤用于美国,置于同名父子中儿子的姓名之后)小 - [only before noun] (British English)
(of a school or part of a school )学校或学校的一部分 for children under the age of 11 or 13 为 11 或 13 岁以下儿童设立的 a junior school 小学
- [only before noun] (North American English)
connected with the year before the last year in a high school or college (四年制高中或大学中)三年级生的,三年级的 compare senior
of low rank低层
in sport体育运动
son儿子
school/college学校;学院
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.