English Dictionary

problem child

名詞

婉語 広義 慣用表現

(euphemistic) A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.

日本語の意味

問題児：特に自己制御が難しく、反社会的な行動や破壊的な行動などにより育児や教育が非常に困難な子供

Although he's labeled a problem child at school, his parents are determined to find the right support.

彼は学校で問題行動のある子どもと見なされているが、両親は適切な支援を見つける決意をしている。

意味（1）

(euphemistic) A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.

Of recent times very much has been said regarding the problem child, but as Lady Stradbroke pointed out last week but little is being done to cope with the menace that child is to itself and to the community.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.

[A]n ambitious supersonic carrier fighter called the F3H Demon . . . proved too heavy for its Navy-specified Westinghouse engine (in itself a problem child), and turned into a $265 million fiasco.

problem children （ plural ）