underage
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.dəˈreɪdʒ/ us /ˌʌn.dɚˈeɪdʒ/
younger than the lowest age at which a particular activity is legally or usually allowed: 未满法定年龄的;未成年的
There are laws against underage sex and underage drinking.有禁止未成年性交和饮酒的法律规定。
He was prosecuted for having sex with a girl who was underage.他因和未成年少女发生性关系而被起诉。
Opposite
overage
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Describing people who are young
adolescent
adolescently
at your mother's kneeidiom
be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
flower
fresh-faced
juvenility
knee-high
little
mother
pre-puberty
prepubescent
pubescent
tender
tweenager
tweener
ya
yoof
young
young adult
underage | American Dictionary
underage
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˌʌn·dərˈeɪdʒ/
younger than the age at which a particular activity is legally allowed:
underage voters
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