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delinquency in doing sth
delinquency in + 名词/动名词 可表示在某方面的失职或拖欠；具体意思需看语境。
The bank tracks delinquency in repaying loans.
银行追踪贷款还款中的拖欠情况。
不良行为
delinquencies — plural of delinquency
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
不良行为
bad behavior
The bank tracks delinquency in repaying loans.
银行追踪贷款还款中的拖欠情况。
不当行为
Misconduct.
到期未支付债务
nonpayment of a debt when due
刑事犯罪
A criminal offense.
倾向于疏忽和不关心
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
The bank sent a warning letter about the delinquency on his credit card account.
银行就他信用卡账户的逾期未还款发了一封警告信。
AI contextual example
A single delinquency can lower your credit score for years.
一次逾期未还款会让你的信用评分多年降低。
AI contextual example
To avoid delinquency, set up automatic payments for all your bills.
为避免逾期未付，请为你的所有账单设置自动付款。
AI contextual example
he inherited his delinquency from his father
他继承了他父亲的劣根性。
WordNet
delinquency in + 名词/动名词 可表示在某方面的失职或拖欠；具体意思需看语境。
The bank tracks delinquency in repaying loans.
银行追踪贷款还款中的拖欠情况。
金融语境中，on 后接贷款或债务类型，表示逾期未还的状态。
This report covers delinquency on student loans.
这份报告涉及学生贷款的逾期情况。
among 后接人群，指该群体中的不良行为；也可用 juvenile delinquency 特指青少年违法犯罪。
Delinquency among teenagers often declines with better schooling.
青少年中的不良行为往往会随着教育改善而减少。
Not this
He was delinquency in paying his debts.
Use this
He was delinquent in paying his debts.
delinquency是名词，表示“拖欠”或“失职”的状态；be动词后面需要形容词delinquent来说明主语“拖欠的/失职的”状态。把名词误当形容词使用，是常见的英汉词性对应错误。
Not this
A delinquency is a serious social problem in many countries.
Use this
Delinquency is a serious social problem in many countries.
表示“不良行为/青少年犯罪”这类总称现象时，delinquency是不可数名词，前面不能用不定冠词a；a delinquency通常指某一次具体的违法行为。这里多出的a来自把中文“一种不良行为”逐字英译，属于冠词与可数性误用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
青少年犯罪；少年不良行为
The program aims to reduce juvenile delinquency in the community.
该计划旨在减少社区中的青少年犯罪。
拖欠率；逾期率
The delinquency rate on student loans has reached a record high.
学生贷款的拖欠率已达到历史新高。
贷款拖欠；贷款逾期
Loan delinquency can seriously affect your credit score.
贷款拖欠会严重影响你的信用评分。
预防青少年犯罪；不良行为预防
The city invested more in delinquency prevention programs.
该市在预防青少年犯罪项目上投入了更多资金。
滞纳金；逾期费
You may have to pay a delinquency fee if you miss the payment deadline.
如果你错过还款期限，可能需要支付滞纳金。
Use delinquencies naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
看 delinquency 里的 lin（读如“零”líng）：想象一个学生成绩零分、作业拖欠，既失职又行为不良。
语域：formal 常见场景：金融与法律语境、信用报告及债务催收文书 此处指债务到期未还的正式用语，多用于金融、法律文书和信用报告中；日常口语中通常不这样用。
delinquency 的重音在第二个音节 /ˈlɪŋ/，末尾读 /kwənsi/。真正全韵（重读元音及之后相同）的词很少；但 frequency 与其同属 -quency 拼写，末尾也读 /kwənsi/，不过重音在首音节，故不算全韵。agency、tendency、urgency、currency、emergency 都以 -ency 结尾，末尾读 /ənsi/，缺少前面的 /kw/，也不是全韵。注意拼写中的 -quency 容易让人按拼写误读，请以 IPA 为准。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.