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minor

/ˈmaɪnɚ/

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noun

未成年人，青少年

A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.

Examples :

"It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen."

向未满十八岁的未成年人出售武器是违法的。

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noun

辅修专业，辅修生

A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.

Examples :

"I became an English minor."

我辅修了英语专业。

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noun

子式，余子式

Determinant of a square submatrix

Examples :

"The minor of the 2x2 matrix representing the student grades in math and science is 12. "

数学和科学成绩组成的2x2矩阵的余子式是12。

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noun

弟弟，小弟.

(British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).

Examples :

"My minor is always teasing me about my terrible rugby skills. "

我弟弟老是嘲笑我糟糕的橄榄球技术。

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noun

小型工蚁

A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.

Examples :

"The leaf-cutter ant colony had many minor workers, smaller than the media workers but larger than the minim workers. "

切叶蚁群里有很多小型工蚁，它们比中型工蚁小，但比微型工蚁大。

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noun

小词，小项

The term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion.

Examples :

"In the syllogism, "All dogs are mammals," "dogs" is the minor. "

在三段论“所有的狗都是哺乳动物”中，“狗”是小词/小项。

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noun

小六调，小六轮。

(campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells.

Examples :

"The bell tower performed a minor, using only six bells. "

钟楼只用了六口钟，演奏了一曲小六调。

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verb

辅修，副修.

To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.

Examples :

"I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it."

我修了太多英语学分，所以决定辅修英语。

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adjective

次要的，不重要的。

Of little significance or importance.

Examples :

"The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment."

在招聘中，候选人的外貌只是一个次要因素。

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adjective

小调，小音阶。

Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered

Examples :

"a minor scale"

一个小调音阶

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adjective

小调, 小的.

Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number

Examples :

"My brother is a minor, so he can't drive the car. "

我弟弟还未成年，所以不能开车。

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