major

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['meɪdʒə'meɪdʒə(r)]
• 美式音标 [ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ]
• 国际音标 ['meidʒə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 主要的；重要的；主修的；较多的
• n. [人类] 成年人；主修科目；陆军少校
• vi. 主修
• n. (Major)人名；(西)马霍尔；(法)马若尔；(捷、德、塞、瑞典)马约尔；(英)梅杰

词源解说

• 1400年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的major，意为巨大的。

词根记忆

• maj(大) + or→较大的
• maj(大) + or→较大的→主要的

同根派生

• n性质的同根词

  majority：多数；成年。

• major相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• major的基本意思是“较大的,主要的”,指与其他事物相比,在大小、数量、范围、程度、重要性等方面较大。
• major在句中只用于名词前作定语。
• major没有比较级和最高级形式。

n. (名词)

• major的意思是“少校”,多指陆军、海军、空军中军衔低于中校高于上尉的官职,是可数名词。可用作称呼语。
• major的另一个意思是“专业”,指高等学校的一个系里根据科学分工或生产部门的分工把学业分成的门类,是可数名词。

v. (动词)

• major用作动词时意思是“主修,专攻”,主要用在美式英语中,多与介词in连用,罕用于被动结构。
• major表示“主要的”时，常指比一般的重要性再多一点点，或是有可能会产生不寻常的严重结果，如major railway accident（严重的铁路事故）；
• 在美式英语中，major可指“在大学里所选的主科”。 也可指“选某科为主科的学生”。International Business is my major. 国际贸易时我的主修课。I am a English major. 我是以英语为主科的学生。
• major作不及物动词时，与介词in连用，表示“把……选读作主科”。He majored in mathematics. 他把数学宣读作主科。

• major使用方法
• major详细辨析

英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• 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。

用作名词 (n.)

• A major precedes a captain in rank.
  少校军阶高于上尉。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• major earthquake 大地震，主震
• major improvement 很大的提高
• major industries 主要工业
• major operation [医]大手术
• major roads 要道

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (IMPORTANT) more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the same type
• (MUSIC) belonging or relating to a musical scale that is generally thought to have a happy sound
• (OFFICER) an officer of middle rank in the British, US, and many other armed forces
• (SPECIAL SUBJECT) the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself
• to study something as your main subject at college or university

柯林斯英英字典

• You use major when you want to describe something that is more important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
• A major is an officer who is one rank above captain in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marines.
• At a university or college in the United States, a student's major is the main subject that they are studying.
• At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology major, geology is the main subject they are studying.
• If a student at a university or college in the United States majors in a particular subject, that subject is the main one they study.
• In music, a major scale is one in which the third note is two tones higher than the first.
• The majors are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in baseball.
• A major is an important sports competition, especially in golf or tennis.

• major剑桥字典
• major柯林斯字典

专业释义

医药科学

• 主要症状

  The major symptoms of the patients were cranial nerve impairment,cerebellum function impairment or paralysis.
  主要症状为颅神经受损,小脑功能障碍及肢体功能障碍等。

• 成年人

  Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major cause of serious lower respiratory tract infections in infancy and early childhood and is also becoming widely recognized as an important pathogen in the elderly and in immunosuppressed adults.
  呼吸道合胞病毒(respiratory syncytial virus,RSV)是世界范围内婴幼儿病毒性下呼吸道感染最重要的病毒病原,也是中老年和免疫缺陷成年人呼吸道感染的重要病原。

  计算机科学技术

• 专业

  Computer Networks is a core course for students who major in computer science and technology.
  计算机网络是计算机科学与技术专业学生必修的一门核心课程。

• 较大的

  As a result of these factors, the hybrid dynamic system modeling and analysis face with comparatively major difficulties.
  由于这些因素,混合动态系统的建模分析面临较大的困难。

  语言学

• 专业

  Thus, the quality of TEM-4 is the major concern for test users.
  因此，英语专业四级测试的质量是试题使用者最关心的问题。

  艺术学

• 大调；大音阶；大音程；大三和弦

体育

• 美国两大职业棒球协会之一

教育学

• 主修的(课程)；(中学课程)学时最多的
• 主修

数学

• 大前提的；大项的
• (三段论法的)大前提；大项

军事学

• 少校

生物学

• 大的