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ADJ-GRADED
較重要的;較重大的;主要的
You use major when you want to describe something that is more important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
例句
The major factor in the decision to stay or to leave was usually professional...
職業上的考慮往往是決定去留的主要因素。
Drug abuse has long been a major problem for the authorities there...
長久以來，吸毒一直是那里的當局面臨的一個大難題。
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N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC
(英國)陸軍(或海軍陸戰隊)少校;(美國)陸軍(或空軍、海軍陸戰隊)少校
A major is an officer who is one rank above captain in the British army or the United States army, air force, or marines.
例句
I was a major in the war, you know.
你知道，戰爭期間我是一名陸軍少校。
...Major Alan Bulman.
艾倫·布爾曼少校
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N-COUNT
(美國大學中的)主修課程，專業
At a university or college in the United States, a student's major is the main subject that they are studying.
例句
English majors would be asked to explore the roots of language.
英語專業的學生會被要求探究語言的根源。
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N-COUNT
(美國大學中)主修…的學生，…專業的學生
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.
例句
She was named the outstanding undergraduate history major at the University of Oklahoma.
她被評選為俄克拉何馬大學歷史專業的優等生。
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VERB
(在美國大學)主修，專攻
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.
例句
He majored in finance at Claremont Men's College in California.
他在加利福尼亞州的克萊爾蒙特男子學院主修金融專業。
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ADJ
(音樂)大調的，大音階的
In music, a major scale is one in which the third note is two tones higher than the first.
例句
...Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D Major.
莫扎特D大調第35號交響曲
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N-COUNT
大型公司;重要企業
A major is a large or important company.
例句
Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.
大型石油公司無需擔心原油銷售不出去。
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N-PLURAL
職業體育總會;(尤指美國)職業棒球聯合總會，職業棒球大聯盟
The majors are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
例句
I knew what I could do in the minor leagues, I just wanted a chance to prove myself in the majors.
我知道自己在職業棒球小聯合會中實力如何，我只是想有個機會能在職業棒球大聯盟中證明一下自己。
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N-COUNT
大型體育比賽;(尤指高爾夫球或網球)大賽
A major is an important sporting competition, especially in golf or tennis.
例句
Sarazen became the first golfer to win all four majors.
薩拉岑成為了首位高爾夫四大滿貫賽冠軍。