(typically of a young person or their behaviour) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime (尤指年轻人或其行为)不良的,有犯罪倾向的 delinquent children. 犯罪儿童。 ■(chiefly US)in arrears (主美)欠账 delinquent accounts. 逾期未付的账款。 ■(formal)failing in one's duty (正式)失职
noun
a delinquent person 违法者 young delinquents. 少年犯。
派生 delinquently adverb 语源
late 15th cent.: from Latin delinquent- 'offending', from the verb delinquere, from de- 'away' + linquere 'to leave'