minor
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['maɪnəˈmaɪnə(r)'maɪnə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ˈmaɪ.nɚ]
- 国际音标 ['mainə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 未成年的；次要的；较小的；小调的；二流的
- n. 未成年人；小调；辅修科目
- vi. 辅修
- n. (Minor)人名；(英)迈纳；(德、法、波、俄)米诺尔
词源解说
- 1212年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的minor，意为较小的，年幼的；最初源自古典拉丁语的minuere。
词根记忆
- min(小) + or(表人、物)→未成年人；辅修；参考：major(v.主修)
- min(小) + or→较小的；次要的
用法辨析
- minor用作形容词的基本含意是指某事物在程度、大小、数量或重要性等方面不如其他事物。该词常用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语。
- minor本身已有比较的含意,因而该词不用于比较等级。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- 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。 - The infection is fairly minor; nothing to worry about.
感染不严重,用不着担心。 - No minors inside.
未成年人谢绝入内。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- Fort Minor 黑暗堡垒;暗中营垒;黑暗城堡;暗中堡垒
- Canis Minor 小犬座
- Ursa Minor 小熊座;小熊星座
- minor seventh 小七度;小七
- Gymnothorax minor 小裸胸鳝
短语
英英字典
- (UNIMPORTANT) having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the same type
- (MUSIC) belonging or relating to a musical scale that is generally thought to have a sad sound
- someone who is too young to have the legal responsibilities of an adult
- to study something as your second most important subject in college
- You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
- A minor illness or operation is not likely to be dangerous to someone's life or health.
- A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In most states in the United States, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen.
- A minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 未成年人
The third part is devoted to the value of the minor relative nolle prosequi.
第三部分,未成年人犯罪相对不起诉价值取向。医药科学
- 未成年人
- 次要症状
- 小调；小音阶
- 小调的；小音节的
- 小调
- 小型工蚁
- 少
- 稀
- 小的
- 少的;次要的;小型工蚁
- 子式
- 小前提；小名词；小项
- 小前提的；小项的；小名词的
- 辅修
- 副修