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单词 juvenile
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juvenile

adjective
/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/
/ˈdʒuːvənl/
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  1. [only before noun] (formal or law) relating to young people who are not yet adults
    • juvenile crime/employment
    • juvenile offenders
    • What can be done to help these juvenile delinquents turn away from crime?
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    • adolescent
    • age
    • elderly
    • generation
    • infant
    • juvenile
    • middle-aged
    • minor
    • teenage
    • young
    Topics Life stagesc1, Law and justicec1
  2. (formal) relating to young birds and animals
    • the prey of juvenile owls
  3. (disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult synonym childish
    • juvenile behaviour
    • Don't be so juvenile!
  4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’.

juvenile

noun
/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/
/ˈdʒuːvənl/
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  1. (formal or law) a young person who is not yet an adult
    • Most of the suspects were juveniles under the age of 17.
  2. (formal) a young bird or animal
    • The juveniles have lighter-coloured feathers.
  3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’.
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