[mass noun]minor crime, especially that committed by young people 不良行为,少年犯罪 social causes of crime and delinquency. 犯罪和不良行为的社会原因。 ■(formal)neglect of one's duty (正式)玩忽职守 he relayed this in such a manner as to imply grave delinquency on the host's part. 他对此的转述方式暗示着主持人犯有严重的玩忽职守。 ■[count noun](chiefly US)a failure to pay an outstanding debt (主美)拖欠债务
语源
mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin delinquentia, from Latin delinquent- 'offending' (see delinquent)