junior
junior 英 [ˈdʒu:niə(r)] 美 [ˈdʒunjɚ]
adj. 年少的；下级的 n. 年少者，晚辈；大学三年级学生
名词复数:juniors
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- adj. 年少的；下级的
- n. 年少者，晚辈；大学三年级学生
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1. As a junior, we should respect the old.
作为一个晚辈，我们应该尊敬老人。
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2. junior employees
低层雇员
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3. She is junior to me.
她职位比我低。
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4. the world junior tennis championships
世界青少年网球锦标赛
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5. I spent my junior year in France.
我三年级是在法国念的。
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6. office juniors
办公室的低级职员
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7. She has coached many of our leading juniors.
她训练过我们许多名列前茅的青少年运动员。
- junior (adj.) late 13c., "younger, not as old as another," from Latin iunior "younger, more young," comparative of iuvenis "young; a young man," etymologically "one who possesses vital force," from PIE root *yeu- "vital force, youthful vigor" (see young (adj.)). Used after a person's name to mean "the younger of two" from late 13c. Abbreviation Jr. is attested from 1620s. Meaning "of lesser standing, more recent" is from 1766. That of "meant for younger people, of smaller size" is from 1860. Junior miss "young teenage girl" is from 1907. In U.S. colleges, "pertaining to the third-year." Junior college first attested 1896; junior high school is from 1909.
- junior (n.) "a person younger than another; one of less experience or standing," 1520s, from junior (adj.). Generically as a name for a young boy, a young son from 1917, American English. In the U.S. college sense "student in the third year" from 1862.
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