| 释义 |
jun·ior
I. \ˈjünyə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, noun & adjective
1.
a.
(1) : a person who is younger than another
< my juniors were already asleep — Jimmy O'Dea >
< told his junior that theological research was not compatible with longevity — H.J.Laski >
(2) sometimes capitalized [Late Latin, from Latin] : a male child : son
< in summer months junior wears a coat of tan and nothing more — New York Herald Tribune >
< just as good for mother and the girls as for junior — S.L.A.Marshall >
< junior is improving in his understanding of numbers — Paul Woodring >
b.
(1) : a young person; especially : junior miss
< coats and even skirts for teens and juniors — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
(2) : a clothing size for dresses, coats, and suits usually for women and girls with slight figures that have youthful designs and little fullness in the bodice
c. : an immature or young animal — used especially of small and pet stock
2. [Medieval Latin, from Latin]
a. : a person holding a position of lesser standing in a hierarchy of ranks
< executives told their juniors that the day of the order taker was over — F.L.Allen >
< the newest junior on the staff — Albert Christen >
< an officer one grade his junior — Wirt Williams >
b.
(1) : a student in his next-to-the-last year before graduating from an educational institution
(2) : a student in his third year or having third-year standing at a senior college
(3) : a student in his first year at a junior college
(4) : a student in his third year at a secondary school
(5) : a pupil in a junior school
(6) : a member of a church school or Sunday school age-level division that generally includes children of the ages 9 to 11
3. : a barrister who has not taken silk
4. : a player (as the dealer in piquet) who receives cards later in the deal
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin, compar. of juvenis young — more at young
1.
a. : less advanced in age than another : younger — used chiefly and often cap. to distinguish a son with the same given name as his father; opposed to senior; abbr. Jr or jr
b.
(1) : of or relating to youth : youthful, young
< some relatively junior skins are as dry as bone — Mademoiselle >
(2) : designed for young people especially of the adolescent age group
< a worthwhile junior novel — Louise S. Bechtel >
c. : of more recent date
< only six years junior to Boston — H.L.Mencken >
specifically : of more recent date and therefore inferior or subordinate as to right of preference
< a junior lien >
d. : ranking below another in point of time of service
< the junior senator from Illinois >
specifically : having less seniority than another
< resented having a junior man get to be an engineer before him >
2.
a. [Medieval Latin, from Latin] : lower in standing or in rank especially in a hierarchy of ranks
< a junior partner >
< made a junior member — G.A.Wagner >
< shifted himself, as junior officer, to the general's left — J.G.Cozzens >
< the task of teaching such courses is customarily assigned to junior members of the staff — Times Literary Supplement >
b. : associated with another in a secondary or auxiliary role
< the junior author of a methodological study >
c. : duplicating or suggesting on a smaller or diminished scale something typically large or powerful
< the junior hurricane that swept in — Mollie Panter-Downes >
< the new store will be a … junior department store — Retailing Daily >
3.
a. : composed of juniors
< the junior class >
: of or relating to juniors, a junior class, or a junior school
b. : of or relating to a church school or Sunday school age-level division of juniors
< the junior curriculum lessons > |