1
- of, for, or denoting young or younger people年少的, 年轻人的; 较年轻的：
junior tennis.
少年网球。
1.1
- Brit. of, for, or denoting schoolchildren between the ages of 7 and 11〈英〉（7-11岁的）学童的。
1.2
- N. Amer. of or for students in the third year of a course lasting four years at college or high school〈北美〉（四年制大学或中学）三年级学生的：
his junior year in college.
他在大学的第三年。
1.3
- （常作Junior）[postpositive] [in names] denoting the younger of two who have the same name in a family, especially a son as distinct from his father小（用于指一家人中同名两人中的较年轻者, 尤用于指同名父子中的子以区别于其父）：
John F. Kennedy Junior.
小约翰·肯尼迪。
2
- low or lower in rank or status下级的, 地位低的, 初级的：
a junior minister
一位初级牧师
part of my function is to supervise those junior to me.
我的一部分职责是监督我的下属。
1
- a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else年少者, 晚辈：
he's five years her junior.
他比她小五岁。
1.1
- Brit. a child attending a junior school〈英〉小学生。
1.2
- N. Amer. a student in the third year at college or high school〈北美〉（大学或高中的）三年级学生。
1.3
- (in sport) a young competitor, typically under sixteen or eighteen（体育运动）年轻选手（尤指小于十六或十八岁的选手）。
1.4
- N. Amer. informal used as a nickname or form of address for one's son〈北美, 非正式〉小［用于对某人儿子的昵称或称呼方式］。
2
- a person with low rank or status compared with others职务或地位较低的人：
an office junior.
一位低级办公室工作人员。
派生词
juniority
/ˌdʒuːnˈjɒrətɪ/ noun词源
Middle English (as an adjective following a family name)： from Latin, comparative of juvenis 'young'.