delinquently

de·​lin·​quentdi-ˈliŋ-kwənt -ˈlin-

• adj.有过失的；怠忽的；失职的；拖欠的
• n.行为不良的人；少年犯

noun

a usually young person who regularly performs illegal or immoral acts

adjective

offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law

… were clearly delinquent in not immediately alerting Western Europe to the accident …—Richard Wilson

being overdue in payment … efforts to crack down on parents delinquent in child-support payments …—Todd S. Purdum

a delinquent charge account

of, relating to, or characteristic of people who regularly perform illegal or immoral acts : marked by delinquency (see delinquency sense 1b)

delinquent behavior

noun

a usually young person who regularly performs illegal or immoral acts

adjective

offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law

… were clearly delinquent in not immediately alerting Western Europe to the accident …—Richard Wilson

being overdue in payment … efforts to crack down on parents delinquent in child-support payments …—Todd S. Purdum

a delinquent charge account

of, relating to, or characteristic of people who regularly perform illegal or immoral acts : marked by delinquency (see delinquency sense 1b)

delinquent behavior

Noun earlier, "person failing in a duty, offender," borrowed from Middle French delinquant, noun derivative from present participle of delinquer "to commit an offense," borrowed from Latin dēlinquere "to be lacking, fall short of an approved standard, misbehave, commit (an offense)" — more at delinquent >entry 2 Adjective borrowed from Latin dēlinquent-, dēlinquens, present participle of dēlinquere "to be lacking, fall short of an approved standard, misbehave, commit (an offense)," from dē- de- + linquō, linquere (perfect līquī) "to go away from, leave, leave behind, abandon, desist from," going back to Indo-European *li-n-kw-/*li-né-kw- "leaves behind" (whence also Sanskrit riṇákti "[s/he] leaves behind," Avestan irinaxti, Old Irish léicid "[s/he] lets go, leaves behind"), ar-léici "[s/he] lets go, releases, lends," present tense derivative from the base *lei̯kw- "leave behind, distance oneself from," whence also, with varying ablaut, Greek leípō, leípein (aorist élipon) "to leave, quit, be missing," Armenian likʼ "(s/he) left, let go," Old Prussian polāikt "to remain," Lithuanian liekù, lìkti, Germanic *līhwan- "to grant, lend" (whence Old English lēon "to lend, grant," Old Saxon farlīhan, Old High German līhan, Old Norse ljá, Gothic leihwan "to lend") Note: The specialization of sense in Germanic (from "leave behind" to "lend") is distinctive and has been variously explained. Attention has been drawn to the derivative *laihna- "something lent," perhaps from "something left as a legacy," with apparent counterparts in Indo-Iranian (see loan >entry 1), and it has been argued that the noun's influence has restricted the meaning of the verb (see Antoine Meillet, "Sur le suffixe indo-européen *-nes-," Mémoires de la Société Linguistique de Paris, tome 15 [1908-09], pp. 254-56).

The first known use of delinquent was in the 15th century

defrostverb

to free from a frozen state : thaw out

defrost meat

to free from ice

defrost a refrigerator

to remove fog or condensed moisture from

defrost the windshield

defrostverb

to free from a frozen state : thaw out

defrost meat

to free from ice

defrost a refrigerator

to remove fog or condensed moisture from

defrost the windshield

degenerate1 of 3adjective

having degenerated : debased, degraded

degenerate2 of 3verb

to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition : deteriorate

the meeting degenerated into noisy chatter

to undergo evolution toward an earlier or less highly organized biological form

degenerate3 of 3noun

a degenerate person

degenerate1 of 3adjective

having degenerated : debased, degraded

degenerate2 of 3verb

to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition : deteriorate

the meeting degenerated into noisy chatter

to undergo evolution toward an earlier or less highly organized biological form

degenerate3 of 3noun

a degenerate person

deifyverb

to make a god of

Roman emperors were often deified

to take as an object of worship

Druids deified oak trees

to glorify as of supreme worth

deify money

deifyverb

to make a god of

Roman emperors were often deified

to take as an object of worship

Druids deified oak trees

to glorify as of supreme worth

deify money

delinquent1 of 2noun

a delinquent person

delinquent2 of 2adjective

offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law

being overdue in payment

a delinquent charge account