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词源考究 来自delinquent，不良青少年。 词组短语 juvenile delinquency少年违法犯罪；

中文词源： delinquency （常指青少年的）违法，犯罪行为 来自delinquent, 不良青少年。 delinquency
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He is an expert in juvenile delinquency .

他是研究青少年犯罪的专家。

Application of punishment to juvenile delinquency .

论对未成年人犯罪的刑罚适用。

Since then credit-card delinquency rates have beenrising steadily but remain well below the historic average .

自那以后，银行卡违约率稳定增长，但很好地保持在历史平均水平之下。

Delinquency is often blamed on the fact that more mothers are working .

人们常把少年犯罪归咎于有越来越多的母亲外出工作这一事实。

With so many risky new loans being made , though , it was only a matter of time before delinquency rates began to increase and real estate values to crack .

尽管如此，这么多高风险的新贷款的存在，导致贷款违约率开始增加，房地产开始贬值，都只是时间问题了。