juvenile

• adj. 青少年的；幼稚的
• n. 青少年；少年读物

来自拉丁语iuvenis,青少年，青年，来自PIE*yeu,生命力，年青的活力，词源同eon,young,junior.

1. a youthful person

juvenile (adj.)

1620s, from Latin iuvenilis "of or belonging to youth," from iuvenis "young person," originally "young" (compare French jeune; see young). Juvenile delinquency first recorded 1816; Juvenile delinquent the following year.

young, youthful, juvenile, adolescent

这些形容词均有"年轻的，年幼的"之意。

young： 强调年龄小，处于生长的前期。

youthful： 褒义或贬义均可用。指具有青年人的外貌或年轻人应具有的品格。

juvenile： 较正式用词，一般12岁以下的少年，着重其生理和智力上的不成熟。

adolescent： 指13至16岁左右处于青春期的人，尚不成熟。

youth, teenager, adolescent, juvenile

这些名词均有"年轻人，青少年"之意。

youth： 现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。

teenager： 主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。

adolescent比teenager正式，侧重年龄。

juvenile： 指青少年，系法律上的常用词。

As a kid, I thrilled to tales of adventure and Isaac Asimov's juvenile science fiction novel Lucky Starr and The Oceans of Venus.

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juvenile crime/employment

少年犯罪；童工的雇用

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juvenile offenders

少年罪犯

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juvenile behaviour

幼稚的行为

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Don't be so juvenile!

别那么孩子气！

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The number of juveniles in the general population has fallen by a fifth in the past 10 years.

总人口中少年所占比例在过去10年中下降了1/5。

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Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.

青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

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...a scheme to lock up persistent juvenile offenders.

将青少年惯犯关入监狱的计划

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He's a typical male, as he gets older he becomes more juvenile.

他是个典型的男人，年龄越大越孩子气。

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I'm afraid he'll ultimately become a juvenile delinquency.

我恐怕他最终会成为一名青少年罪犯.

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Network life is becoming the hotbed and soil of juvenile delinquency.

网络生活正成为青少年犯罪的温床与土壤.

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However, stage the problem of juvenile crime is still very outstanding.

但是, 现阶段青少年犯罪问题仍很突出.

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Psychologists are dealing with the problem of maladjusted adolescence and " juvenile delinquency ".

心理学家对付着不适应环境的青少年和 “ 青少年犯罪 ” 的问题.

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He wrote down to the juvenile readers.

他为青少年读者写浅显的作品.

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Winter is a cynical character of the juvenile, sometimes docile Lingli , sometimes engage in some mischief.

冬天是一个性格乖戾的少年, 时而温顺伶俐, 时而搞些恶作剧.

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We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.

我们可以通过教育来控制少年犯罪.

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The spread of juvenile delinquency in our own age is largely due to parental laxity.

当今社会,青少年犯罪的日益普遍,在很大程度上是由于父母管教不严而造成的.

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One of every three young black people was confined in juvenile facilities or out on bail.

每3名黑人青年中就有1人在押或保释.

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It was formerly called juvenile diabetes, but it can happen at any age.

以前该病被称做少年糖尿病, 但它可以发生在任何年龄段.

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The juvenile stages and neoteny observed by him may also be explained in this way.

他所看到的幼态阶段和幼态成熟也可利用这种方法来解释.

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The appeal court quash the care order make by the juvenile court.

上诉法院宣布少年法院发出的照看命令无效.

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Like the juvenile delinquent thought of having her boyfriend, everyday is bothering him.

暗恋亚纪的不良少年以为稔是她的男朋友, 天天找他麻烦.

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Last but not least, the shortcoming in education is the cause contributing to juvenile delinquency.

例如:最后,但很重要, 教育上的失误是助长青少年犯罪的原因.

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If we do not value time, Mo of words, a juvenile white head, air mournful!

要是不珍惜时间, 莫等闲, 白了少年头, 空悲切!

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Crime study shows that juvenile criminals have varying degrees of error during their secondary school time.

犯罪学研究证明,违法犯罪的青少年在中学时代都有不同程度的偏差.

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Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency ( Guidelines of Riyadh )

预防少年犯罪准则 ( 利雅得准则 )

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Insect hormones include ecdysone, thoracotropic hormone, and juvenile hormone.

昆虫的激素有蜕皮素 、 胸激素与青春激素.

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Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer, she's a juvenile scam.

像一个男人那样离开, 像被锤子敲打一样的伤痛, 她就是年少的骗局.

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