delinquency
delinquency
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- [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
- mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin delinquentia, from Latin delinquent- 'offending' (see delinquent)
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