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Minor United N Count States University College Main Adj Graded

单词 minor
音标
英[ˈmaɪnə(r)] 美[ˈmaɪnɚ]
解释
adj.较小的,少数的,小…;未成年的;[乐]小调的,小音阶的;(两同姓男孩中)年幼的;n.未成年人;副修科目;小公司;[逻辑学]小前提;vi.[主美国英语]副修,选修,兼修;
例句

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: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。
例: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。

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:Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses...萨拉一直小病缠身。
例:His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery.他母亲得去医院做一个小手术。

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:...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor.未完成的F小调奏鸣曲乐章

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: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。

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:I'm minoring in computer science.我辅修计算机科学。
变形
third:minors~done:minored~pl:minors~ing:minoring~past:minored~

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