minor
adjective OPAL W
/ˈmaɪnə(r)/
/ˈmaɪnər/
- [usually before noun] not very large, important or serious
较小的；次要的；轻微的 - The new plan involves widening a minor road through the valley.
新规划包括拓宽一条穿过山谷的小路。 - Both the driver and the passenger suffered minor injuries.
司机和乘客两人都受了轻伤。 - You may need to undergo minor surgery.
你也许得做个小手术。 - Most of these youths are in prison for minor offences.
这些年轻人大多因轻罪入狱。 - minor modifications/adjustments
微小的修改/调整 - There may be some minor changes to the schedule.
时间安排上也许会有些微的变动。 - Women played a relatively minor role in the organization.
在这个组织中，妇女发挥着相对次要的作用。 - The minor characters in the story are all well drawn.
故事中的次要人物都画得很好。 - When you drive a classic car, you expect a few minor problems.
当你开一辆老爷车的时候，你会想到一些小问题。
Homophones miner | minorminer minor/ˈmaɪnə(r)//ˈmaɪnər/- miner noun
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.
他14岁开始做煤矿工人。
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.
- minor adjective
- The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.
这部小说现在被视为次要经典。
- The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.
- minor noun
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.
她作为无人陪伴的未成年人来到这个国家。
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.
- That's a relatively minor matter. We can leave it till later.
相对来说那是件小事，我们可以留待以后解决。 - This is a very minor operation and there is very little risk involved.
这是个很小的手术，没有什么风险。 - A minor snag is that it's expensive.
一个小问题就是价格太高。 - His only injuries were some minor scratches above his eye.
他仅在眼睛上方有些轻微的擦伤。 - Minor skirmishes broke out all along the border.
边界多处爆发了小规模战斗。 - The CD contains a number of delightful short pieces by minor composers.
这张光碟内有几首由不太出名的作曲家创作的欢快的短曲。 - The letter's survival is something of a minor miracle.
这封信能保存下来，可以说是个小小的奇迹。 - These are minor quibbles in a film that really works for me.
在一部真正适合我的电影中，这些都是小问题。 - Adverse weather had been a minor inconvenience at times.
恶劣的天气有时是个小麻烦。 - In many ways this film is a minor miracle.
这部电影在许多方面都是一个小奇迹。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- The new plan involves widening a minor road through the valley.
- (music
音乐 小调的；小音阶的 - the key of C minor
C 小调
- the key of C minor
词源Middle English: from Latin, ‘smaller, less’; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.