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minor

美音:[´maınə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.未成年人,副修科目 adj.较小的,次要的,二流的,未成年的 vi.辅修 n.[乐]小调,小音阶

难易程度:

minor为短语/超纲词汇   词频:2014

词形变化:

动词过去式:minored 过去分词:minored 现在分词:minoring 第三人称单数:minors

词根

min=small(小的)

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minor


/'maɪnə(r); `maɪnɚ/
adj
1 [usu attrib 通常作定语] smaller, less serious, less important, etc 较小的; 程度轻的; 次要的
*a minor road, eg in the country 辅助道路(如郊野的)
* minor repairs, alterations, etc 小规模的修理、修改等
* a minor operation, ie one that does not risk the patient's life 小手术
* minor injuries, burns, fractures, etc 轻度损伤、灼伤、骨折等
* a minor part/role in a play 剧中的次要角色
* minor poets 不重要的诗人. Cf 参看 major.
2 (Brit dated or joc 旧或谑) (in private schools) second or younger of two brothers or boys with the same surname (esp in the same school) (私立学校中)(兄弟俩或同姓男生中)年幼的, 小的
*Smith minor 小史密斯. Cf 参看 major, junior 2.
3 (music 音) of or based on a scale that has a semitone above its second note 小调的; 小音阶的
*a minor third, ie an interval of three semitones 小三度(含三个半音的音程)
* a song in a minor key, ie one based on a minor scale 小调歌曲
* a symphony in C minor C小调交响曲. Cf 参看 major.

n
1 (law 律) person under the age of full legal responsibility (18 in the UK) 未成年人(在英国为18岁以下).
2 (US) subsidiary subject or course of a student at college or university (大学中)副修科目.

v [Ipr] ~ in sth (US) (of a student) study sth as a subsidiary subject (指学生)副修某科.
1. Except for one minor incident, he seemed to be in excellent health, never showing any signs of fatigue, and holding his magnificent head high.
    除了一件小事故,他看起来身体很好,从未显示出任何疲惫的迹象,高高地昂着他那尊贵的头。

2. But most of the physical differences between originals and copies are so minor that detection of them would require a sophisticated laboratory.
    然而,在母体和克隆体之间存在的身体差异大部分都很小,小得需要在设备精良的实验室里测定。

3. This is a minor road.
    这是一条次要的路。

4. The ideas are also expressed by minor poets on the periphery of the movement.
    该运动外围一些不大出名的诗人也表达了这些观点.

5. As far as I could see, it only needed a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here.
    就我所见,它只需小小的调整而已:这里拧拧某个螺钉.

6. As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment:
    在我看来,只需稍加调整即可。

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