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ADJ-GRADED
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.
例句
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。
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。
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ADJ-GRADED
(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.
例句
Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses...
薩拉一直小病纏身。
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。
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ADJ
小音階的;小調(diào)的
In European music, a minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first.
例句
...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor.
未完成的F小調(diào)奏鳴曲樂章
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N-COUNT
未成年人(在英國和美國多數(shù)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.
例句
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。
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N-COUNT
(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.
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N-COUNT
(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.
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VERB
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.
例句
I'm minoring in computer science.
我輔修計算機科學。