形容詞
1. He was called Smith Minor to distinguish him from the other Smiths.
人們稱他小史密斯，以便與其它叫史密斯的人相區(qū)別。
2. She played a minor role in the opera.
她在那出歌劇里扮演了一個小角色。
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3. He is going in for a minor operation.
他要接受一個小手術。
不及物動詞
1. He will minor in French.
他將副修法文。
名詞
1. You can't serve drinks to minors.
你不能把酒賣給未成年人。
1. 副修：課程具有一定彈性,同學完成第一個學位課程後,可選擇不修讀第二個學位課程,而只要同學已修讀一定數目的第二個學位課程學科,將可獲得第二個學位課程的副修(minor)資格.
2. 輔修：實際上,美國本科生是不分系別只分學院的(文理、工程等),在同一個學院中他們可以選擇不同的主修(major)和輔修(minor). 美國學生選課很自由,他們在自己advisor(感覺類似于我們的班主任,但有較高的學術水平和教育經驗)的指導下根據個人興趣和水平制定培養(yǎng)計劃.
3. minor
3. 小調：前面我們所討論五度圈的相關樂理都是以大調(Major)為主,那么小調(Minor)呢?是不是又要再學另外一套小調的五度圈的相關樂理呢?Of course not!!我們一再強調學習的方式應該是舉一反三、相互左證,才能達到輕松而有效率學習樂理的目的,
1. 不重要的;不嚴重的；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.
e.g. She is known in Italy for a number of minor roles in films...
她因在電影中飾演了一些配角而在意大利為人所知。
e.g. Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.
西方官員稱這個問題并不嚴重，應該很快就會解決。
2. (疾病)不嚴重的，輕微的;(手術)小的
A minor illness or operation is not likely to be dangerous to someone's life or health.
e.g. Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses...
薩拉一直小病纏身。
e.g. His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery.
他母親得去醫(yī)院做一個小手術。
3. 小音階的;小調的
In European music, a minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first.
e.g. ...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor.
未完成的F小調奏鳴曲樂章
4. 未成年人(在英國和美國多數州指未滿18歲的人，在法律上仍然視為兒童)
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.
e.g. The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors.
這個方法實際上杜絕了向未成年人出售香煙的現(xiàn)象。
5. (美國大學學科中的)輔修科目，輔修課程
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.
minor的近義詞
6. (美國大學中的)輔修生
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.
7. 輔修
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.
e.g. I'm minoring in computer science.
我輔修計算機科學。