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单词 juvenile
释义
juvenile
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/us
/ˈdʒuː.və.nəl/
C1lawspecialized
relatingto ayoungpersonwho is notyetoldenough to beconsideredanadult:
青少年的
juvenilecrime/offenders青少年犯罪／少年犯
He waslatertaken to juveniledetentionforviolatingthetermsof hisparole.
Compare
adultadjective
medicalspecialized
affectingchildrenratherthanadults:
Thefollowingyear, he wasdiagnosedwith juvenilediabetes.
juvenilearthritis
biologyspecialized
A juvenileanimalisyoungand notfullygrown:
juvenilesalmon
juvenilecrabs
disapproving
sillyandtypicalof achild:
幼稚的，不成熟的
juvenilebehaviour幼稚的行为
a juvenilesenseofhumour带稚气的幽默感
He wasridiculedin aratherjuvenile and attimesspitefulway.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Describing people who are young
  • adolescent
  • atyourmother's kneeidiom
  • be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
  • flower
  • fresh-faced
  • freshness
  • little
  • mother
  • prepubescent
  • slip
  • small
  • teen
  • teenage
  • time
  • yoof
  • young
  • young adult
  • youthful
  • youthfully
  • youthfulness
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Disease & illness - general words
Animal young
Physically and mentally mature & immature
juvenile
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/us
/ˈdʒuː.və.nəl/
lawspecialized
apersonwho is notoldenough to beconsideredanadult:
He was still a juvenile when thecrimewascommitted.
Some of thoseprogramsfailin that theytransferjuveniles toadultcorrectionalsystems
Synonym
minor
Compare
adultnoun
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a child
  • childWhen I was a child the summers seemed to go on for ever.
  • boyThere's a new boy in my class.
  • girlThe girl's name is Sally.
  • kidI'm off to pick up the kids from school.
  • kiddieI saw her with a little kiddie in a pushchair.
  • little oneThe little ones must be hungry by now.
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biologyspecialized
ayounganimalthat is notyetfullygrown:
Themarshprotectsfisheggsand juveniles that need toevadepredatorsuntil they canmatureandmoveintoopenwater.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Young people
  • adolescence
  • adolescent
  • boyhood
  • delinquent
  • emo
  • girlhood
  • grow
  • mall rat
  • minor
  • ned
  • post-adolescent
  • punk
  • shaver
  • skinhead
  • teens
  • tween
  • tweenager
  • wild child
  • yoof
  • young blood
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Animal young
(Definition ofjuvenilefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
juvenile
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/us
/ˈdʒuː.və.nəl/
C1lawformalorspecialized
relatingto ayoungpersonwho is notyetoldenough to beconsideredanadult
青少年的
juvenilecrime/offenders青少年犯罪／少年犯
disapproving
sillyandtypicalof achild
幼稚的，不成熟的
juvenilebehaviour幼稚的行为
a juvenilesenseofhumour带稚气的幽默感
juvenile
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.vən.aɪl/us
/ˈdʒuː.və.nəl/
ayoungperson
少年

juvenile| American Dictionary

juvenile
adjective
esp.law
us
/ˈdʒu·vəˌnɑɪl,-nəl/
of, by, or for ayoungpersonwho is notyetanadult:
Hestudiedbothadultand juvenilecrime.
(Definition ofjuvenilefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjuvenile

juvenile
However, juveniles showed a larger variation in the upwards heaving of the chest sac.
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In fledged juveniles testosterone would mainly induce the oblique and forward display.
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In other respects, however, first estrus in juveniles is similar to pheromone-induced estrus in adults.
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We find that very often policymakers do not choose to fund prevention methods that can benefit juveniles in general, and taxpayers and citizens in particular.
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In both the juveniles and infants, the caudatelesioned monkeys were impaired on both spatial delayed response and alternation relative to age-matched controls.
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Therefore, juveniles should show flexible predation behaviour on thrips larvae depending on spider mite availability.
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Although still significant at 5 days, the percent hatch inhibition was reduced slightly, suggesting decreased serotonin potency, allowing partial recovery of the affected pre-hatch juveniles.
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Many fourth and fifth stage juveniles may be available to resume final development to maturity.
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From days 2 -7, both infected and uninfected juveniles had survival rates of greater than 80%.
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In the latter case, the juveniles are actively foraging and feeding on the grain beetles and other insects serving as intermediate hosts.
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A description, based on scanning electron microscopy observations, of the lateral field pattern of the third-stage infective juveniles is also provided.
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The first two classes correspond to juveniles, the following three to adults.
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Samples collected in other management areas show significant differences in prevalence between juveniles and adults, although some of these are rather surprising.
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The age distribution in our test population differed substantially from that of the population at large, with juveniles aged less than 20 years strongly overrepresented.
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Hence, it is suggested that juveniles fed further offshore than did larvae, so competition for food is seemingly alleviated by space budgeting.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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