juvenile

adjective

/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/

/ˈdʒuːvənl/

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[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
(formal) relating to young birds and animals
- the prey of juvenile owls
(disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult synonym childish
- juvenile behaviour
- Don't be so juvenile!

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

noun

/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/

/ˈdʒuːvənl/

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(formal or law) a young person who is not yet an adult
- Most of the suspects were juveniles under the age of 17.
(formal) a young bird or animal
- The juveniles have lighter-coloured feathers.

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

单词	juvenile
释义	juvenile adjective /ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/ /ˈdʒuːvənl/ jump to other results [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? Wordfinder adolescent age elderly generation infant juvenile middle-aged minor teenage young Topics Life stagesc1, Law and justicec1 (formal) relating to young birds and animals the prey of juvenile owls (disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult synonym childish juvenile behaviour Don't be so juvenile! Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’. juvenile noun /ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/ /ˈdʒuːvənl/ jump to other results (formal or law) a young person who is not yet an adult Most of the suspects were juveniles under the age of 17. (formal) a young bird or animal The juveniles have lighter-coloured feathers. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis ‘young, a young person’.
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