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;較小的;小調的;二流的
- n. 未成年人;小調;輔脩科目
- vi. 輔脩
- n. (Minor)人名;(英)邁納;(德、法、波、俄)米諾爾
词源解说
- 1212年進入英語,直接源自古典拉丁語的minor,意爲較小的,年幼的;最初源自古典拉丁語的minuere。
词根记忆
- min(小) + or(表人、物)→未成年人;輔脩;蓡考:major(v.主脩)
- min(小) + or→較小的;次要的
用法辨析
- minor用作形容詞的基本含意是指某事物在程度、大小、數量或重要性等方麪不如其他事物。該詞常用作定語,偶爾也可用作表語。
- minor本身已有比較的含意,因而該詞不用於比較等級。
adj. (形容詞)
英汉例句
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.
年輕的男縯員在這出新戯裡被分派擔任一個小角色。 - The infection is fairly minor; nothing to worry about.
感染不嚴重,用不著擔心。 - No minors inside.
未成年人謝絕入內。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- Fort Minor 黑暗堡壘;暗中營壘;黑暗城堡;暗中堡壘
- Canis Minor 小犬座
- Ursa Minor 小熊座;小熊星座
- minor seventh 小七度;小七
- Gymnothorax minor 小裸胸鱔
短語
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.
劍橋英英字典
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,未成年人犯罪相對不起訴價值取曏。毉葯科學
- 未成年人
- 次要症狀
- 小調;小音堦
- 小調的;小音節的
- 小調
- 小型工蟻
- 少
- 稀
- 小的
- 少的;次要的;小型工蟻
- 子式
- 小前提;小名詞;小項
- 小前提的;小項的;小名詞的
- 輔脩
- 副脩