junior /ˈdʒuːnjə/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (juniors)

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  ADJ（形容词） A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession. 低级别的 (官员、职员)

  例：

  A handful of junior officers were made to bear responsibility for the incident.

  几名下级军官被迫对此事件负责。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Junior is also a noun. 低级别者

  例：

  He has said legal aid work is for juniors when they start out in the law.

  他曾说过，法律援助工作适合初涉法律工作的低级别律师来做。

• 3.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are. 较年幼者

  例：

  She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.

  她现在和比她小10岁的演员丹尼斯·劳森同居。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） In the United States, a student in the third year of high school or college is called a junior. (美国中学、大学) 三年级学生

  例：

  Their youngest daughter Amy's a junior at the University of Evansville in Indiana.

  他们最小的女儿埃米是印第安纳州埃文斯维尔大学的三年级学生。

• 5.  

  N-IN-NAMES（名称内的名词） Junior is sometimes used after the name of the younger of two men in a family who have the same name, sometimes in order to prevent confusion. The abbreviation is also used. 用于家族中同名两男子中的较年幼者的姓名后 [美国英语]

  例：

  His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.

  他的儿子，小阿瑟·奥克斯，被期望来继承他做出版商。