1be two/five/ten etc years somebody’s junior (also be somebody’s junior by two/five/ten etc years)YOUNG written to be two, five, ten etc years younger than someone 比某人小两岁/五岁/十岁等
She married a man seven years her junior.
她嫁给了一个比她小七岁的男人。
Examples from the Corpus
be two/five/ten etc years somebody’s junior• His wife's name was Sarah; she was five years his junior, and she predeceased him by ten months.• The 42-year-old princessmarriedCommander Tim Laurence, who is five years her junior, just before Christmas.
2[countableC] a young person who takes part in sport for people below a particular age 青少年运动员
The juniors use the courts on Tuesday night.
青少年运动员在星期二晚上使用这些球场。
3[countableC] especially British EnglishBrELOW POSITION OR RANK someone who has a low rank in an organization or profession 低职位人员
an office junior
办公室低级职员
4.[countableC]British EnglishBrESES a child who goes to a junior school 小学生
5.[countableC]American EnglishAmESES a student in the year before the final year of high school or college 〔高中或四年制大学的〕三年级学生 →freshman, senior2(1), sophomore
junior• Joann was a junior and had a beautifulsingingvoice.• a junior at NYU• Donna spent spring semester of her junior year in Paris.• He was replaced by a young graduate, 10 years his junior.• More than 30 players, includingjuniors and novices will be competing.• Sarah is six years my junior.• The good behaviour of our own Club members are still attending with some of the older juniors replacing retiring senior members.• Even if it s one of the juniorspissing around on their computer and modem.• Otton, the junior who shared time with Kyle Wachholtz at quarterback, started and did not relinquish the position.• The other reason she had disappeared with the juniors was that it kept her out of Jack's way.• I find it tough to delegate my work to juniors, to the associates.
Junior
American EnglishAmE spoken a name used humorously when speaking to or about a boy or a younger man, especially your son 男孩;年轻男子;〔尤指〕儿子〔幽默用法〕
used after the name of a man or boy who has the same name as his father 小〔置于与父亲同名的男子或男孩姓名之后〕
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
小约翰·F. 肯尼迪
From Longman Business Dictionary
JuniorJu·ni·or /ˈdʒuːniə-ər/, written abbreviation Jr.American EnglishAmE, JnrBritish EnglishBrE
used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, especially in the US
John J. Wallace Jr
juniorju·ni·or1 /ˈdʒuːniə-ər/adjectiveadj
1having a low or lower rank in an organization or a profession
junior to
Barron had refused to talk to anyone junior to Wickham.
Some junior employees might lack the courage to approach the boss.
2FINANCE a junior bond, debt etc will be repaid later or have a smaller part repaid than other bonds, debts etc, if the borrower is unable to repay everything
junior to
The new bonds offered by Trump Plaza Associates were junior to the old ones.
senior and junior debt holders
juniorjunior2 noun [countableC]
JOBsomeone who has a low rank in an organization or profession