delinquent

英 [dɪ'lɪŋkwənt] 美 [dɪ'lɪŋkwənt]

• adj. 有过失的；怠忽的；失职的；拖欠的
• n. 行为不良的人；少年犯

英英释义

Noun:

1. a young offender

Adjective:

1. guilty of a misdeed;

   "delinquent minors"
   

2. failing in what duty requires;

   "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
   "neglectful of his duties"
   "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
   

3. past due; not paid at the scheduled time;

   "an overdue installment"
   "a delinquent account"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Most delinquent children have deprived backgrounds.
   多数少年犯都有贫困且未受教育的背景。
2. You are a delinquent subordinate.
   你是一个失职的部下。
3. The businessman was billed for delinquent taxes.
   那商人因拖欠税金而被罚款。

用作名词 (n.)

1. A boy might live in a minus neighborhood but not be a delinquent.
   一个男孩子可以生活在一个差劲的街坊而不沦为罪犯。
2. I'm afraid he'll ultimately become a juvenile delinquent.
   我恐怕他最终会成为一名青少年罪犯。

经典引文

• Where Crimes are enormous, the Delinquent deserves little Pity.

  出自： Steele

• Had he turned out a problem child, perhaps a delinquent.

  出自： I. Murdoch

词汇搭配

• juvenile delinquent 少年罪犯
• estimated uncollectible delinquent taxes [经] 估计无法征收...
• delinquent account [经] 拖欠客帐, ...
• delinquent tax 滞纳税款,拖欠税款...
• delinquent party 违约当事人
• delinquent receivable 逾期应收账款...
• delinquent note 拖欠票据
• delinquent installment 拖欠分期付款...

近反义词

【近义词】

• criminal 罪犯
• crook 钩
• felon 重罪犯
• lawbreaker 犯法者
• wrongdoer 做坏事的人
• negligent 疏忽的
• careless 粗心的
• reckless 鲁莽的
• irresponsible 不负责任的
• aberrant 脱离正道的
• antisocial 非社交的
• offending 冒犯的
• felonious 重罪的
• juvenile delinquent 少年罪犯
• derelict 抛弃的
• remiss 疏忽的
• overdue 过期的
• neglectful 疏忽的