minor

英[ˈmaɪnə(r)]美[ˈmaɪnər]

adj.较小的，次要的，轻微的，小音阶的；

n.未成年人，辅修生/课程；

v.辅修；

复数：minors;

例句

a minor masterpiece saved from oblivion免于湮没的小杰作

the pelvis minor (=the true pelvis)小骨盆, 真骨盆

This cream can be used to treat sundry minor injuries.这种药膏可用来治各种轻伤。

These are the major and minor premises on which the conclusion is based.这是这个结论所依据的前提。

to minor in Chinese副修汉语

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。

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

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。

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。

I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.在一些细节上我可以作些让步，但在基本原则上我是不会妥协的。

英语六级真题

The average budget for a major kitchen overhaul in 2006, calculates Remodeling magazine, was a staggering $54,000; even a minor improvement cost on average $18,000.

They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers or bank robberies but Florence has to report all of these violations from the thief who took typewriters from every unlock room in the dormitory to the thief who stole one million dollars worth of art work from the university museum.

So, children with minor self-control problems were likely as adults to have minor health problems, and so on.

The average budget for a "major" kitchen overhaul in 2006, calculates Remodeling magazine, was a staggering $54, 000; even a "minor" improvement cost on average$18, 000.

The reality is, taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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.

例句

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.

例句

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.

例句

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.

例句

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.

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.

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.

例句

英汉词典释义

adj.

较小的, 较少的, 低级的, 次要的

小调的；小音阶的

未成年的

(疾病、手术)不严重的，无风险的，无生命危险的

(两同姓男孩中)年幼的；资历浅的；后入学的

少数的

(西方音乐中的小调)悲伤的；忧郁的；哀怨的

n.

未成年人

副修科目; 辅修课程

不重要的人，小人物

小公司，小企业，次要机构(或组织)

【逻辑学】小前提；小名词；小项

【数学】子行例式，子式

vi.

[主美国英语]副修；选修；兼修

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a young person of either sex;

Adjective

1. of lesser importance or stature or rank;

2. lesser in scope or effect;

3. inferior in number or size or amount;

4. of a scale or mode;

5. not of legal age;

6. of lesser seriousness or danger;

7. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

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

9. warranting only temporal punishment;

10. limited in size or scope;

行业词典

体育： 低级花色；小罚；

数学： 子式；