juvenile
少年,少年犯,青少年,少年儿童
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Definitions
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- : of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
- : young; youthful: juvenile years.
- : immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile tantrums are not in keeping with his age.
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- : a young person; youth.
- : Theater. a youthful male or female role.an actor or actress who plays such parts.
- : a book for children.
- : Ornithology. a young bird that has its first set of contur feathers.
- : a two-year-old racehorse.
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Examples
After a juvenile manta ray coasted by, wings flapping, Sasso raised his arms in a mock touchdown celebration.
At first, juvenile and young adult titles were a priority, Potash explains, followed by readers “seeking to comfort, educate, and delight themselves during their shelter-in-place periods.”
Without a standalone juvenile justice department, the state’s responsibilities are limited and scattered across the agency.
In May, Grendell sent Stacy Hartman’s two teenage sons to juvenile detention after they refused a court-ordered visit with their father.
Rattray suspects that the turtles are likely returning to areas they identified during their juvenile “lost years” as good habitats with few predators and lots of food.
A car was indeed dispatched, with no mention that the suspect was possibly a juvenile and that the gun might be a toy.
Officers were responding to a report of a missing juvenile girl, and found her in the house of Carey Smith-Viramontes.
Sixty of those 700 are “juvenile lifers,” men who came in as adolescents and are serving a life term.
I was also the front for a juvenile delinquent roaming the streets of New York City and using me as a parental alibi.
When a 16-year-old takes on that wide-eyed, touched-for-the-very-first-time role, it all comes off as a tad more…juvenile.
I travelled first-class on a pass with my father, and great was my pride.