lesser or smaller in degree, size, number, or importance when compared with others
Noun:
a young person of either sex;she writes books for children
they're just kids
`tiddler' is a British term for youngster
Adjective:
of lesser importance or stature or rank;a minor poet
had a minor part in the play
a minor official
many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
minor back roads
lesser in scope or effect;had minor differences
a minor disturbance
inferior in number or size or amount;a minor share of the profits
Ursa Minor
of a scale or mode;the minor keys
in B flat minor
not of legal age;minor children
of lesser seriousness or danger;suffered only minor injuries
some minor flooding
a minor tropical disturbance
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specializationof the younger of two boys with the same family name;Jones minor
warranting only temporal punishment;venial sin
limited in size or scope;a small business
a newspaper with a modest circulation
small-scale plans
a pocket-size country
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。
1212年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的minor，意为较小的，年幼的；最初源自古典拉丁语的minuere。Minor League 小职业球队…minor in兼修minor premise逻三段论法的…minor scale音小音阶minor planet天小行星minor switch小选择器,小型开关,…minor axis短轴pelvis minor小骨盆minor failure次要故障minor loop小磁滞回线Ursa Minor小熊座minor suit低花asia minor小亚细亚minor penalty小罚minor lobe旁瓣minor element微量元素minor defect次要缺点minor cycle短周期minor accident小事故minor gene修饰基因
近义词 girlchildyouthsmallern. boyadj. secondary反义词 grown-upadj.majorn. adult
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
A minor fault shouldn't be neglected.小错也不该被忽略。
She had a minor operation the day before yesterday.前天她做了一次小手术。
用作表语
S+be+～The infection is fairly minor; nothing to worry about.感染不严重,用不着担心。用作名词n.No minors inside.未成年人谢绝入内。
He had three minors this semester.这学期他有三门副修科目。
adj.形容词
minor用作形容词的基本含意是指某事物在程度、大小、数量或重要性等方面不如其他事物。该词常用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语。
minor本身已有比较的含意,因而该词不用于比较等级。
形容词62%,名词37%,动词1%
She played a minor role in the movie.她在电影中扮演了一个次要的角色。用作名词It is illegal to sell cigarettes tominors.向未成年人出售香烟是违法的。用作动词Many university students will minor in some practical courses.许多大学生都会副修一些实用性的课程。 AS my major, I minored in literature and French.
我主修语言学，辅修文学和法语。 ebigear
He majored in political science and minored in history.
他的专业是政治学，辅修历史。 yeeyan
I majored in classical voice and art and minored in dance and drama.
我主修古典声乐和艺术，辅修舞蹈和舞剧。 www.thecorrs.com.cn
I minored in economics.
我副修经济学。 unsv
I minored in French.
我选修了法语。 blog.sina.com.cn
Wanted to be a high school Drama teacher. In college he majored in art, and minored in drama while pursuing an acting career on the side.
他大学主修艺术，副修设计，本来是想成为一名高中的戏剧老师，后来走上演戏这条路。 blog.sina.com.cn