in a minor key
(especially of a literary work) understated （尤指文学作品）轻描淡写的
minor in
(N. Amer.)study or qualify in as a subsidiary subject at college or university (北美)副修

英语四级真题

This caused minor damage to his truck and serious damage to the car.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Damage to the truck, however, was minor

出自-2013年12月听力原文

There wss damage to the mailboxes and minor damage to the truck.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers or bank robberies but Florence has to report all of these violations from the thief who took typewriters from every unlock room in the dormitory to the thief who stole one million dollars worth of art work from the university museum.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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。
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。
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
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。
N-COUNT

(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.
N-COUNT

(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.
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。

英汉词典释义

adj.
较小的, 较少的, 低级的, 次要的
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。
n.
未成年人
No minors inside. 未成年人谢绝入内。
副修科目; 辅修课程
He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。
vi.
[主美国英语]副修；选修；兼修
to minor in Chinese 副修汉语

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a young person of either sex;
"she writes books for children""they're just kids""`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
Adjective
1. 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"
2. lesser in scope or effect;
"had minor differences""a minor disturbance"
3. inferior in number or size or amount;
"a minor share of the profits""Ursa Minor"
4. of a scale or mode;
"the minor keys""in B flat minor"
5. not of legal age;
"minor children"
6. of lesser seriousness or danger;
"suffered only minor injuries""some minor flooding""a minor tropical disturbance"
7. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
8. of the younger of two boys with the same family name;
"Jones minor"
9. warranting only temporal punishment;
"venial sin"
10. limited in size or scope;
"a small business""a newspaper with a modest circulation""small-scale plans""a pocket-size country"

行业词典

体育：低级花色；小罚；
数学：子式；