词汇精选:minor的用法和辨析

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一、详细释义：,adj.,较小的，程度的，次要的，二流的轻,例句：,We can only make minor concessions.,我们只能做些较小的让步，但这就可能打破僵局。,例句：,Important ideas should stand out clearly from the minor points.,要把重要意思从次要问题中突出出来。,未成年的,例句：,His old parents are in their sixties, grandma in her eighties, and a minor son.,他还有60多岁的父母，80多岁的祖母和一个未成年的儿子。,【旧或谑】（私立学校中）（兄弟俩或同姓男生中）年幼的，小的,【音】小调的，小音阶的,例句：,In the Tang Dynasty the tonality system resembling the 24 major and minor tonalities came into use.,唐朝时，与24个大小调相似的调系开始使用。,n.,（大学中）副修科目,例句：,Computer Science is his minor subject.,电脑是他的副修科目。,例句：,English is his major and history is his minor.,他主修英文，副修历史。,【律】未成年人（在英国为18岁以下）,例句：,A minor under the age of 10 shall be a person having no capacity for civil conct.,不满十周岁的未成年人是无民事行为能力人。,例句：,The law prohibit the wale of alcohol to a minor.,法律禁止向未成年人出售酒类。,v.,（指学生）副修某科,例句：,He majored in English and minored in finance.,他主修英语，副脩金融。,二、词义辨析：,marginal,minor,negligible,minimal,这些形容词均含“不重要的，次要的”之意。marginal指处于边缘，幅度、范围小，故价值或重要性不大。 minor多指与别的比较后显得不重要，或指较少、较小。negligible指数量小，不重要，微不足道或可忽略不计。minimal指最少、最低或最小。,三、相关短语：,minor axis,短径，短轴,minor diatonic scale,小全音阶,minor key,小音阶,minor mode,小调式,minor pla,n.[天]小行星,minor premise,n.[逻](三段论法的)小前题,minor scale,n.[音]小音阶,minor surgery,小外科,minor tranquilizer,弱安定剂,musculus pectoralis minor,胸小肌,musculus rhomboideus minor,小菱形肌,musculus teres minor,小圆肌,四、参考例句：,Don't neglect minor issues.,不要忽略枝节问题。,With a minor in French.,辅修个法语。,Mathematics was my minor at University.,数学是我在大学的辅修课程。,He's prone to minor ailments.,他动不动就生点小病。,Computer Science is his minor subject.,电脑是他的副修科目。,Minor mistakes must be quickly put right.,小错误必须很快纠正。,Minor advance was magnified into victory.,小小的进步被夸大成胜利。,Our minor vacation plans are shaping well.,我们的小长假计划进展顺利。,She daydreamed about a carefree minor vacation.,她梦想那无忧无虑的小假期。,Don't always deviate to minor issues.,不要老是偏离到次要问题上去。