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ADJ-GRADED
不重要的;不严重的；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...
她因在电影中饰演了一些配角而在意大利为人所知。
Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.
西方官员称这个问题并不严重，应该很快就会解决。
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ADJ-GRADED
(疾病)不严重的，轻微的;(手术)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...
萨拉一直小病缠身。
His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery.
他母亲得去医院做一个小手术。
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ADJ
小音阶的;小调的
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小调奏鸣曲乐章
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N-COUNT
未成年人(在英国和美国多数州指未满18岁的人，在法律上仍然视为儿童)
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.
这个方法实际上杜绝了向未成年人出售香烟的现象。
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(美国大学学科中的)辅修科目，辅修课程
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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(美国大学中的)辅修生
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
辅修
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.
我辅修计算机科学。