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Picture a ladder of rank or age: 'junior' is someone standing on a lower rung — younger, newer, or below others in the same line. Latin 'junior' is simply the comparative of 'young', i.e. 'younger', so the word always means 'lower down by age or by standing'.

可以想成一道由年齡或地位排成的階梯:junior 就是站在比較低那一階的人——年紀比較小、資歷比較淺、或在同一行裡排更多收起可以想成一道由年齡或地位排成的階梯:junior 就是站在比較低那一階的人——年紀比較小、資歷比較淺、或在同一行裡排在別人下面。它的本義一直繞著「比較年輕、排在下位」這個畫面打轉,無論講的是職位、年紀還是學校年級。

原始詞典資料18 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Juniorname

  • 1

    A town in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.

  • 2

    A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).

  • 3

    A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).

    • How far would you go with your own child? How far would you want to permit others to go with theirs?
    • It’s Dad’s day; let Junior pick up the tab.

junioradj/ˈd͡ʒuːniə/

  • 1

    Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.

    • He uses the leverage of seniority with the more junior employees.
  • 2

    Younger.

    • Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information.
    • Humorous books for junior readers are often ignored by the critical community, due, in part, to what Milner Davis describes as a “conventional bias against comic genres” (1996: 101), and I consider this a serious oversight within the field of children's literature.
  • 3

    Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.

    • Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]
  • 4

    Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.

  • 5

    Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.

    • Only about half of the schools had a single closing time, while the others organized different times for their infant and junior children.
  • 6

    hobbieslifestylesportsOf or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.

    • junior hockey
  • 7

    card-gamesgamesSynonym of younger.

    • "Not bad for the junior hand," commented Crediton.

juniornoun/ˈd͡ʒuːniə/

  • 1

    A younger person.

    • four years his junior
    • Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.
  • 2

    A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).

  • 3

    A clothing size for girls or women.

  • 4

    A third-year student at a high school or university.

  • 5

    A student in a junior school or the second part of a primary school.

    • My son is now a junior at another, bigger school; but our hopes for his schooling have really remained the same. Of course, we want him to be able to read and keep up at maths but the fact that he is still so enthusiastic about his school and his teacher and his classmates
  • 6

    lawA junior barrister.

juniorverb/ˈd͡ʒuːniə/

  • 1

    To work in a junior role (on something).

    • Greenspan had juniored the Demeter murder trial with defence lawyer Joe Pomerant and was, by 1980, well on his way to becoming the most renowned criminal lawyer in Canada.
    • Stephens brought with him a general manager, Bob Rodgers. Bob […] never let adversity faze him. He was always in charge. Mr. Rodgers could dance just enough to do some junioring, but acted primarily as a sales manager.
  • 2

    To have juniors (more advanced students) assist in instructing (beginners).

    • 2006, Jim and Leann Rathbone, James Mitose and the Path of Kenpo The technique of "junioring" beginners and the first five lesson plan and private lessons were adaptations developed at that time. They are credited with the Americanization of Karate as a business as well as a martial art.

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