transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒu:vənaɪl ]
( juveniles)
1.
A juvenile is a child or young person who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult. ( FORMAL )
The number of juveniles in the general population has fallen by a fifth in the past 10 years.
N-COUNT
2.
Juvenile activity or behaviour involves young people who are not yet adults.
Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
If you describe someone’s behaviour as juvenile , you are critical of it because you think that it is silly or childish.
He’s a typical male, as he gets older he becomes more juvenile.
= childish
ADJ [ disapproval ]