minor: [ 'mainə ]
n. 未成年人,副修科目
a. 次要的,较小的,二流的,未成年的
v. 辅修
[音乐] 小调
词形变化:
动词过去式:minored 过去分词:minored 现在分词:minoring 第三人称单数:minors
例句与用法:
1. She acted as a minor role in the play.
她在剧中扮演了一个次要的角色。
2. I made minor alterations to the article.
我对这篇文章作了小规模的修改。
3. We can only make minor concessions, but it might break the deadlock.
我们只能做些较小的让步,但这就可能打破僵局。
4. A person such as a minor who have a right under the authority of a guardian.
如一个未成年人的权利,他的权利受监护人的管辖。
5. He's prone to minor ailments.
他动不动就生点小病。
6. I've made a few minor adjustments to the seating plan.
我对座次表作了小小的调整。
7. The plan was approved, with some minor modifications.
那计画已批准, 仅作了些许更动.
8. You should be thankful to have escaped/that you have escaped with only minor injuries.
你仅受轻伤而脱险, 应感到欣慰.
英英解释:
名词minor:
1. a young person of either sex
同义词:child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
形容词minor:
1. of lesser importance or stature or rank
2. lesser in scope or effect
3. inferior in number or size or amount
4. of a scale or mode
5. not of legal age
同义词:nonaged, underage
6. of lesser seriousness or danger
7. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
8. of the younger of two boys with the same family name
9. warranting only temporal punishment
同义词:venial
10. limited in size or scope
同义词:modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
secondary: [ 'sekəndəri ]
a. 中级的,中等的
词形变化:
副词:secondarily 名词:secondariness 名词复数:secondaries
例句与用法:
1. All other considerations are secondary to his safety.
现在首先要考虑的是他的安全,其他事都是次要的。
2. He works in a secondary school.
他在一所中学工作。
3. Her age is of secondary interest.
她的年龄不太重要.
4. Such considerations are secondary to our main aim of improving efficiency.
对於我们提高效率的主要目的来说, 这些想法都是次要的.
英英解释:
名词secondary:
1. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
2. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
同义词:secondary coil, secondary winding
形容词secondary:
1. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
2. inferior in rank or status
同义词:junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern, subordinate
3. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
4. not of major importance
5. belonging to a lower class or rank
参考资料:dict.cn