delinquent
发音
英 [dɪˈlɪŋkwənt]
美 [dɪˈlɪŋkwənt,-ˈlɪn-]
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- adj.
- 不尽责的，怠工的
- 有过失的
- 拖欠债务的
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- n.
- 流氓
- 少年罪犯
- 失职者
单词词源
delinquent 不良青少年
de-, 向下，离开。-linqu, 留下，遗弃，词源同leave, relinquish. 即被遗弃的人，缺乏管教的人，后主要指少年犯，不良青少年。
双语例句
- 1. There is even a fledgling market in bonds explicitly backed by delinquent mortgages .
- 甚至公开以拖欠的按揭房屋支持的债券市场已经初具雏形。
- 2. Both lenders and the overall economy would be better off if more delinquent mortgages were restructured rather than foreclosed .
- 如果有更多的拖欠的抵押贷款的人进行重组而不是被取消抵押贷款权，借贷人和总体经济这两者将会变得更好。
- 3. A subsidiary of bank of america moved to foreclose on peace 's home in florida , citing delinquent payments on peace 's mortgage .
- 美国银行的次级机构去止赎帕贝尔佛罗里达总部，并引用其有拖欠的按揭款。
- 4. New delinquencies are down sharply from 2008 , yet more than $ 150 billion in home loans became delinquent in the fourth quarter of last year .
- 自2008年来，美国新生住房抵押违约比例大幅下降，然而仅去年第五季度拖欠的住房抵押款就超过1500亿美元。
- 5. There is seldom agreement , but one explanation you are unlikely to hear is that this kind of " delinquent " behaviour is a sensible response to the circumstances of a life constrained by poverty .
- 人们对此很少有一致的见解，但一种解释是，你不怎么可能听说过这种“流氓”行为是对贫穷的生活环境合理的反映。