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| Back | smaller, less 较小，较少 从表面上看，单词minute，minus，minority 和minister 相差很远，实际上却是同根词。它 们的词根来自拉丁形容词minor，意思为smaller（较小的）或less（较少的）。这个形容词 还直接被引进英语，成为意义相同的英语单词minor（较小的，少数的）。 minute1 [min=smaller 较小的；-ute n.=thing 事物→“smaller unit of time than the basic unit hour 比小时低一级的时间单位”→] n. sixtieth part of an hour 一分钟：five minutes 五分钟 minute2 [min=smaller 较小的；-ute a.=being ……的→“being smaller than anything concerned 比任何参照物都小的”→] a.① very small 微小的：minute improvement 微小的改进②giving attention to the smallest points;very careful and exact 详细的；细致的：minute description 细致 的描写 ▽minutia [minut (e) a.;-ia n.] n.细节；小节 minus [直接来自minor 的中性形式minus=less 更少的→]Ⅰ a. less than zero, or negative 小于 零的，负的：a minus quantity 负数→Ⅱ prep. being less by 减去：Five minus two is three.五减 二等于三。 minority [minor=smaller 较小的；-ity n.=the quality 表示性质→“smaller quantity 较小的数量” →] n.① smaller number, or smaller part 少数；少数派：the minority in a vote 选举中的少数派 ② smaller racial group in a community 少数民族：The Indians become a minority in the United States now.现在印第安人变成美国的少数民族了。 minister [mini=less important or inferior 次要的，低下的；-ster n.=person 人→“person in an inferior position, or servant 身份卑下的人，仆人”→“person serving the country and inferior to the head of state 地位次于元首的公仆”→] n. person in charge of a department in a government 大臣；部长：prime minister 首相；总理→Ⅱv. act as servant 服务；伺候：It's our duty to minister to an old man's wants.照顾老人是我们的责任。 ▽ministry [minist (e) r n.;-y n.] n.政府的部；内阁 ministerial [minister n.;-ial a.] a.部长的；部的 ministrant [minist (e) r v.;-ant a./n.] a.服侍的n.服侍者 diminish [di-(dis-)=apart 离去；min=less 较少的；-ish v.=to make 使……→] v. make less by taking apart 使减少：The illness diminished his strength.这场病使他衰弱无力。 ▽diminishable [diminish;-able a.] a.可缩减的 adiminister [ad-=to 对；minister v.=to give service, or to perform duties 服务,执行→“to perform duties to 热行……的职责”→] v. govern;manage 执行；管理：The courts administer the law. 法院执行法律。 ▽administration [administ(e)r;-ation n.] n.管理；行政 administrative [administ(e)r;-ative a.] a.行政的；管理的 administrator [administ(e)r;-ator n.] n.行政官员；管理人 ministration [minist(e)r v.=to give service 服务；-ation n.=the act 表行为→] n. giving service or help to those in need 服侍；帮助：The patient soon recovered under the tender ministrations of the nurses.在护士们的精心护理下，病人很快康复了。 |
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