英:[ˈʌndəreɪdʒ]
美:[ˈʌndərɪdʒ]
英:[ˈʌndəreɪdʒ]
美:[ˈʌndərɪdʒ]
Adjective
1. not of legal age;
"minor children"
2. dependent by virtue of youth
还有 under-age,来自1590年代,由 under 和 age(名词)组成。
The first known use of underage was in 1561
underbrushnoun
shrubs and small trees growing among large trees : undergrowth
underbredadjective
marked by lack of good breeding : ill-bred
underbodynoun
the lower part or underside of something (as an animal or car)
underbidverb
to bid less than a competing bidder
to bid too low (as in cards)
underbellynoun
the underpart of a body or massalso: an area open to attack or damage the army's underbelly
the underbelly of a bomber
underarm1 of 3adjective
underhand entry 2 sense 2
an underarm toss
placed under or on the underside of the arm
underarm seams
underarm2 of 3adverb
with an underarm motion
underarm3 of 3noun
armpit
the part of a garment that covers the underside of the arm
underageadjective
of less than mature or legal age
1 When she points out that underage drinking is illegal, Sam shuts down.
2 Is there anyone who has any questions about underage females?
关于未成年女性,谁还有问题?
3 He said the theaters must be closed to minors during screenings because it would be difficult to enforce the rules against underage drinking in a dark theater.
4 How was I to know she was underage.
我怎么会知道她曾经是那个年纪.
5 The governor also said authorities would target stores selling such products to underage persons, warning: “Those retailers are now on notice that we are ramping up enforcement and they will be caught and prosecuted.”
6 They knew perfectly well that, as an underage wizard, Harry wasn’t allowed to use magic outside Hogwarts, but they were still apt to blame him for anything that went wrong about the house.
7 Headmaster, these boys have flouted the Decree for the Restriction of Underage Wizardry.
校长, 这些孩子们藐视我们的未成年巫师限制法律.
8 Under oath, she once said in a deposition that she had no knowledge of Epstein abusing underage girls; she has now been charged with perjury as well.
9 "As long as I live," she shout-announces, "no underage girl is ever getting married in this district!"
“只要我还活着,我决不让这里的未成年少女嫁人!”她大声地说。
10 Even amid all the graphic underage sex and drugs of his debut, Drew took a firm moral stance.
11 He dreamed that he was on show in a zoo, with a card reading underage wizard attached to his cage.
12 If she is underage, Salma goes to the police headquarters, fetches an officer, and shows up at the wedding to stop the ceremony.
如果新娘还未成年,萨尔玛会冲到警察局,找个警官带到婚礼现场,阻止仪式进行下去。
13 They were not allowed into the club because they were underage.
14 One of his colleagues, a woman from a Muslim background, explodes in rage at a smug imam who plans to marry off his underage daughter.
15 It’s disturbing, to us and to him, not just because Kimberly is underage and vulnerable, but specifically because she so recalls daughter Paige, whom the KGB also wants to develop as an operative.
16 With a few exceptions for certain industries and underage workers, federal law lets employees be worked nonstop.
17 Another worker who was 16 at the time of employment has said he had to work more than the maximum 48 hours allowed for underage employees.
18 A Twitter spat between actors Amber Tamblyn and James Woods escalated this week after Tamblyn accused Woods of once preying on her when she was underage, which Woods dismissed as a lie.
19 But remember, don't expect legislation to stop underage drinking.
但要记住,不要指望法律去制止未成年人喝酒。
20 After asking the boy what he would do to make it in the music business, Kelly propositioned and had sexual contact with him while he was still underage, according to prosecutors’ court filing.
2 未成年的
4 不足
under short weak spare slim shy incomplete insufficient scarce slender deficient wanting skimp stingy skimpy scanty scrimp scraggy scrimpy poorly scantly olig- need want lack default failure fault absence poverty defect deficiency deficit shortage minus shortfall scarcity insufficiency defection paucity lacking fail come short be taken short in defect low scant out less exiguity imperfection shortness stinginess under- short coming
5 未成年人