junior

subalterno, di grado inferiore

Che occupa una posizione inferiore o ha meno responsabilità in un’organizzazione.

In inglese semplice: Having a lower position or less responsibility in an organization.

• He is a junior doctor.
• Junior staff receive training every month.
• She was promoted from a junior position last year.

Come si usa: junior to someone (She is junior to the department manager.)

Sinonimi: lower-ranking, subordinate

Contrari: senior

Espressioni comuni: junior staff, junior manager, junior officer

minore, junior

Più giovane di un’altra persona, oppure destinato ai giovani.

In inglese semplice: Younger than another person, or intended for younger people.

• The junior members sat together.
• The club runs classes for junior players.
• Only children under twelve can enter the junior race.

Sinonimi: younger

Contrari: senior, older

Espressioni comuni: junior members, junior players, junior school

del terzo anno

Relativo al terzo anno di un percorso quadriennale di scuola superiore o università.

In inglese semplice: Relating to the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• She is in her junior year.
• We met during our junior year at college.
• The junior class organized a school fundraiser.

Sinonimi: third-year

Espressioni comuni: junior year, junior class, junior prom

junior, meno esperto

Con meno esperienza, oppure relativo a competizioni per giocatori giovani o meno esperti.

In inglese semplice: Having less experience, or belonging to a competition for younger or less experienced players.

• He plays in a junior league.
• The junior senator has served for only two years.
• She won her first junior championship last summer.

Sinonimi: less experienced

Contrari: senior

Espressioni comuni: junior league, junior competition, junior senator

studente del terzo anno

Studente al terzo anno di un percorso quadriennale di scuola superiore o università.

In inglese semplice: A student in the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• My brother is a junior.
• The juniors are planning a class trip.
• As a college junior, she started applying for summer jobs.

Come si usa: a junior at a school/university (She is a junior at a university in Boston.)

Sinonimi: third-year student

Espressioni comuni: college junior, high school junior, a junior at

più giovane

Persona più giovane di un’altra, spesso con una differenza d’età specificata.

In inglese semplice: Someone younger than another person, often by a stated number of years.

• She is two years my junior.
• His wife is his junior by six years.
• Most members of the club are my juniors.

Come si usa: a number of years someone’s junior (Her husband is five years her junior.); someone’s junior by a number of years (He is my junior by three years.)

Contrari: senior

Espressioni comuni: someone’s junior, years someone’s junior, my junior

junior, figlio

Parola aggiunta dopo il nome di un figlio che porta lo stesso nome del padre.

In inglese semplice: A word added after a son’s name when he has the same name as his father.

• His full name is Robert Hill junior.
• Do you mean Daniel Brown junior or his father?
• Everyone calls William junior by his middle name.

Contrari: senior

Espressioni comuni: John Smith junior, junior or senior