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minor adj.轻微的；较小的；次要的n.未成年人；辅修科目；[音]小调v.辅修 (1) 你应该感到庆幸,你只是受了点轻伤,但是却脱险了。(2) 我们只能做些较小的让步，但这就可能打破僵局。(3) 她在电影中扮演了一个次要的角色。(4) 向未成年人出售香烟是违法的。(5) 我主修英语,还辅修心理学。(6) 他优美地演奏了C小调。 The word minor has retained its spelling from the Latin. There, minor means something "lesser," and is related to the Latin word minuere, which means "to diminish." It is usually used as an adjective, but as a noun it gained the meaning "underage" in the 16th Century, and is now used to refer to children and teens under the age of legal responsibility. It is also used in musical terms to refer to a key that has a flatted third in its scale.

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英 ['maɪnə(r)] 美 ['maɪnər] (1) You should be thankful that you have escaped with only minor injuries.(2) We can only make minor concessions, but it might break the deadlock.(3) She played a minor role in the movie.(4) It is illegal to sell cigarettes to minors.(5) My major is English, but I also have a minor in psychology.(6) He played the key of C minor beautifully. Something that's minor is considered of low importance — a minor injury is not very serious, and a college student's minor subject is a secondary field of study. Likewise, the star constellation Ursa Major is a larger grouping than Ursa Minor. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.   [usu ADJ n]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 形容词]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.   [n ADJ]...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor.未完成的F小调奏鸣曲乐章4[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 可数名词](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.   [oft poss N]6[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.   [n N]7[VERB 动词]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.   [V in n]I'm minoring in computer science.我辅修计算机科学。

英语单词	minor
英美音标	英 ['maɪnə(r)] 美 ['maɪnər]
中文释义	adj.轻微的；较小的；次要的 n.未成年人；辅修科目；[音]小调 v.辅修
英语例句	(1) You should be thankful that you have escaped with only minor injuries. (2) We can only make minor concessions, but it might break the deadlock. (3) She played a minor role in the movie. (4) It is illegal to sell cigarettes to minors. (5) My major is English, but I also have a minor in psychology. (6) He played the key of C minor beautifully.
中文例句	(1) 你应该感到庆幸,你只是受了点轻伤,但是却脱险了。 (2) 我们只能做些较小的让步，但这就可能打破僵局。 (3) 她在电影中扮演了一个次要的角色。 (4) 向未成年人出售香烟是违法的。 (5) 我主修英语,还辅修心理学。 (6) 他优美地演奏了C小调。
vocabulary简明	Something that's minor is considered of low importance — a minor injury is not very serious, and a college student's minor subject is a secondary field of study. Likewise, the star constellation Ursa Major is a larger grouping than Ursa Minor.
vocabulary扩展	The word minor has retained its spelling from the Latin. There, minor means something "lesser," and is related to the Latin word minuere, which means "to diminish." It is usually used as an adjective, but as a noun it gained the meaning "underage" in the 16th Century, and is now used to refer to children and teens under the age of legal responsibility. It is also used in musical terms to refer to a key that has a flatted third in its scale.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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. [usu ADJ n] 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 形容词]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. [n ADJ] ...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor. 未完成的F小调奏鸣曲乐章 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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 可数名词](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. [oft poss N] 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [n N] 7 [VERB 动词]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. [V in n] I'm minoring in computer science. 我辅修计算机科学。

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