junior

adj.

低层 of low rank

1. 地位（或职位、级别）低下的
   having a low rank in an organization or a profession
   1. junior employees
      低层雇员
   2. She is junior to me.
      她职位比我低。

体育运动 in sport

2. 青少年的
   connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports
   1. the world junior tennis championships
      世界青少年网球锦标赛

儿子 son

3. （尤用于美国，置于同名父子中儿子的姓名之后）小
   (especially in US) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, to avoid confusion

学校；学院 school/college

4. 为11或13岁以下儿童设立的
   for children under the age of 11 or 13
5. （四年制中学或大学中）三年级生的，三年级的
   connected with the year before the last year in a high school or college
   1. I spent my junior year in France.
      我三年级是在法国念的。

noun

职位低的工作 low level job

1. 职位较低者；低层次工作人员
   a person who has a job at a low level within an organization
   1. office juniors
      办公室的一般职员

体育运动 in sport

2. 青少年；青少年运动员
   a young person below a particular age, rather than an adult
   1. She has coached many of our leading juniors.
      她训练过我们许多名列前茅的青少年运动员。

学校；学院 in school/college

3. 小学生
   a child who goes to junior school
4. （中学或大学的）三年级学生
   a student in the year before the last year at high school or college

儿子 son

5. 男孩子；年幼的儿子
   a person's young son
   1. I leave junior with Mom when I'm at work.
      我工作时就把儿子留给母亲照看。

1. ADJ-GRADED 职位（或地位）较低的；年资较浅的
   A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession.
   1. Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
      基层和中层公务员已承诺要加入到无限期罢工中来。
   2. ...a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office.
      在总理公署任职的助理部长
   3. Junior is also a noun.
      
   4. The Lord Chancellor has said legal aid work is for juniors when they start out in the law.
      大法官曾说过，法律援助工作适合由初涉法律工作、年资较浅的律师来做。
2. N-SING 较年幼者；年少者
   If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are.
   1. She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.
      她现在与比她小10岁的演员丹尼斯·劳森同居。
3. N-IN-NAMES 小（用于男子名后以区别于家族中同名的长辈，缩略形式为Jr）
   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 Jr is also used.
   1. His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.
      他的儿子，小阿瑟·奥克斯，有望子承父业继续从事出版。
4. N-COUNT （美国高中或大学的）三年级学生
   In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a junior.
   1. Their youngest daughter Amy's a junior at the University of Evansville in Indiana...
      他们的小女儿埃米是印第安纳州埃文斯维尔大学三年级的学生。
   2. It was the summer before his junior year in high school.
      那是他升入高三前的那个夏天。

1. He was the most junior and most recent arrival at the embassy.
   在大使馆里，他是职位最低也是入职最晚的一位。
2. He should have been aware of what his junior officers were doing
   他本应该清楚自己下级们的所作所为。
3. Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.
   基层职员的流动率特别高。
4. I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.
   我是一名海军中尉军官。
5. Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
   基层和中层公务员已承诺要加入到无限期罢工中来。
6. She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.
   她现在与比她小10岁的演员丹尼斯·劳森同居。
7. His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher.
   他的儿子，小阿瑟·奥克斯，有望子承父业继续从事出版。
8. Their youngest daughter Amy's a junior at the University of Evansville in Indiana
   他们的小女儿埃米是印第安纳州埃文斯维尔大学三年级的学生。
9. It was the summer before his junior year in high school.
   那是他升入高三前的那个夏天。
10. By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland
    16岁时他已经是波兰的青少年组轻量级冠军。
11. In nearly all British state junior schools, children learn in mixed ability classes.
    几乎在所有英国国立小学里，孩子们都在能力水平不一的混合班学习。
12. They opposed the nomination of a junior officer to the position of Inspector General of Police
    他们反对任命一名下级警官担任警务总监。
13. The most junior executive officer outranked the senior engineer officer aboard ship.
    在舰船上，级别最低的副舰长也位列级别最高的轮机官之上。
14. Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin
    我们的医生诊断是喉部感染，并且开了一些抗生素和小剂量阿司匹林。
15. Hundreds of junior civil servants have to be put up in hotel rooms and temporary hostels
    数百名初级文职官员只能被安排到旅馆和临时青年招待所过夜。
16. I loved horses as a child and was a junior show jumper.
    我从小就爱马，曾是一名青少年马术障碍赛选手。
17. Sandy took up with a widow 21 years his junior
    桑迪和一个比他小21岁的寡妇搞上了。
18. Junior staff have only a slim chance of getting tenure.
    初级职员得到终身职位的机会十分渺茫。
19. tryouts for the U.S. junior national athletics team.
    入选美国国家少年体育队的选拔赛
20. She ranks as my junior in the clan.
    她的辈分比我小。
21. The junior executive was impatient for promotion but knew that he would only get it by stepping into a dead man's shoes.
    这位下级行政管员急不可待地想晋升，但他知道只有待某人退休后接替其职位，才能获得晋升。
22. Tom is an excellent junior.
    汤姆是一名优秀的大学三年级学生。
23. Of the two officers, james is the junior.
    在这两个官员中，詹姆斯是下级。
24. Her daughter studies in the third grade in a junior high school.
    她的女儿在一所初级中学读三年级。
25. Billy is my junior brother.
    比利是我的弟弟。
26. Tom is my junior.
    汤姆是我的晚辈。
27. We could give the job to somebody junior.
    我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。
28. My brother dropped out at the end of the second year of his junior middle school.
    我哥哥念完初中二年级就休学了。
29. Even infant and junior pupils took part.
    连幼儿和小学生都参加了。
30. Of junior college after only one year.
    一年的专科学校就退学了。

n.

be…years sb's junior

be sb's junior (by…)

• 小某人…岁；比某人小…岁
  to be younger than sb, by the number of years mentioned
  1. She's four years his junior.
     她比他小四岁。
  2. She's his junior by four years.
     她比他小四岁。

noun

1. the younger of two persons
   1. she is two years my junior

2. a third-year undergraduate

3. term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
   1. look here, junior, it's none of your business

adj

1. including or intended for youthful persons
   1. a junior sports league
   2. junior fashions

2. younger