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minor

minor
[英] [ˈmainə] [美] [ˈmaɪnɚ] 生词本

adj.

n.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：Minor  

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1. ADJ-GRADED 不重要的;不严重的；次要的 You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. 

  • She is known in Italy for a number of minor roles in films...

    她因在电影中饰演了一些配角而在意大利为人所知。

  • Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.

    西方官员称这个问题并不严重，应该很快就会解决。

2. ADJ-GRADED (疾病)不严重的，轻微的;(手术)小的 A minor illness or operation is not likely to be dangerous to someone's life or health. 

  • Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses...

    萨拉一直小病缠身。

  • His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery.

    他母亲得去医院做一个小手术。

3. ADJ 小音阶的;小调的 In European music, a minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first. 

  • ...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor.

    未完成的F小调奏鸣曲乐章

4. N-COUNT 未成年人(在英国和美国多数州指未满18岁的人，在法律上仍然视为儿童) A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain and most states in the United States, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen. 

  • The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors.

    这个方法实际上杜绝了向未成年人出售香烟的现象。

5. N-COUNT (美国大学学科中的)辅修科目，辅修课程 At a university or college in the United States, a student's minor is a subject that they are studying in addition to their main subject, or major. 
6. N-COUNT (美国大学中的)辅修生 At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology minor, they are studying geology as well as their main subject. 
7. VERB 辅修 If a student at a university or college in the United States minors in a particular subject, they study it in addition to their main subject. 

  • I'm minoring in computer science.

    我辅修计算机科学。

Noun

1. a young person of either sex;

  • "she writes books for children"
  • "they're just kids"
  • "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
Adjective

1. of lesser importance or stature or rank;

  • "a minor poet"
  • "had a minor part in the play"
  • "a minor official"
  • "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"
  • "minor back roads"

2. lesser in scope or effect;

  • "had minor differences"
  • "a minor disturbance"

3. inferior in number or size or amount;

  • "a minor share of the profits"
  • "Ursa Minor"

4. of a scale or mode;

  • "the minor keys"
  • "in B flat minor"

5. not of legal age;

  • "minor children"

6. of lesser seriousness or danger;

  • "suffered only minor injuries"
  • "some minor flooding"
  • "a minor tropical disturbance"

7. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

8. of the younger of two boys with the same family name;

  • "Jones minor"

9. warranting only temporal punishment;

  • "venial sin"

10. limited in size or scope;

  • "a small business"
  • "a newspaper with a modest circulation"
  • "small-scale plans"
  • "a pocket-size country"

体育

  • 1.低级花色
  • 2.小罚

数学

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  • 1.子式

计算机

  • 1.子式；【修】次要，局部，小(型)
1. There are major and minor principles in everything, and the minor principles are all subordinate to the major.
事情有大道理，有小道理，一切小道理都归大道理管着。

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2. A minor road connects the highways.
一条小路同几条公路相连。

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3. Asteroids,also known as "minor planets",are numerous in the outer space.
小行星，亦称为“小型行星”，在外太空中不计其数。

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4. Don't be complacent over occasional success.; Don't feel self-satisfied over a minor success.
不要沾沾自喜于一得之功。

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5. Don't neglect minor issues.
不要忽略枝节问题。

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6. Don't stress minor issues at the expense of the central task.
不要因次要问题而冲淡了中心任务。

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7. He had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.
他在性方面曾有一次不太检点。

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8. He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments.
他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。

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9. I gave him a minor share of my wealth.
我把小部分财产给了他。

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10. In analysing a situation, it's essential to distinguish the main aspect from the minor ones.
分析形势，要看清主流和支流。

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11. In naturalistic novels such inessential things as a minor character's physiognomy and costume are depicted in minute detail.
在自然主义的小说里，有些不关本质的东西，像一个次要人物的面貌和衣服之类，都描写得很详细。

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12. In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly.
尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸，一切都进行得很顺利。

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13. In the east, the water is mainly oceanic with relatively minor dilution from direct monsoonal rainfall and runoff from small streams.
东部水域主要为海水，而直接的季候雨及小溪溢流，把海水稍为冲淡。

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14. It isn't worthwhile spending so much time on minor problems.
在枝节问题上犯不着花这么多时间。

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15. Let's focus our attention on the main problem and not get bogged down in minor issues.
抓主要问题，不要被枝节问题牵掣住。

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16. Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.
小事故会缩短汽车寿命。

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17. Minor principles should be subordinated to major ones.
小道理要服从大道理。

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18. Seek common ground on major questions while reserving differences on minor ones.
求大同存小异。

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19. She views every minor setback as a disaster.
她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

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20. The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.
年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。

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