delinquency
英[dɪ'lɪŋkw(ə)nsɪ]
美[dɪ'lɪŋkwənsi]
- n. 行为不良，违法犯罪；失职，怠工
英英释意
- 1. nonpayment of a debt when due
- 2. a tendency to be negligent and uncaring;
- "he inherited his delinquency from his father"
- "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"
- "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"
- 3. an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor