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minute

/ˈmɪnɪt/ /maɪˈnjuːt/ /maɪˈn(j)ut/

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noun

分钟, 分

A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

Examples :

"You have twenty minutes to complete the test."

你们有二十分钟的时间完成考试。

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noun

片刻，一会儿

A short but unspecified time period.

Examples :

"Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!"

等一下，我还没准备好呢！

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noun

分，角分。

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

Examples :

"We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc."

我们必须确保这些地图的精确度在一度的六十分之一弧度之内。

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noun

会议记录，纪要

(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

Examples :

"Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting."

我们来看一下上周会议的会议记录吧。

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noun

通话分钟，流量分钟

A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.

Examples :

"If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes."

如果你买这台手机，就能获得100分钟的免费通话时间.

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noun

片刻，瞬间

A point in time; a moment.

Examples :

"At that minute, the teacher began the history lesson. "

就在那一刻，老师开始了历史课。

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noun

海里， nautical mile

A nautical or a geographic mile.

Examples :

"The sailboat sailed a minute at a steady pace. "

这艘帆船以稳定的速度航行了一海里。

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noun

米奴特，半法寻

An old coin, a half farthing.

Examples :

"My grandmother showed me a minute, a very small, old coin from her collection. "

我奶奶给我看了一枚米奴特，那是她收藏里的一枚非常小、非常古老的硬币，也就是半法寻。

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noun

细微，丝毫

A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.

Examples :

"The child only needed a minute amount of help to finish his homework. "

这孩子只需要一点点帮助就能完成作业。

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noun

部分，环节

A fixed part of a module.

Examples :

"The first minute of the math module focuses on addition. "

这个数学模块的第一个环节主要讲解加法。

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noun

一会儿，片刻

A while or a long unspecified period of time

Examples :

"After school, I had a minute to relax before dinner. "

放学后，晚饭前我有片刻的放松时间。

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verb

记录, 记载

Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

Examples :

"I’ll minute this evening’s meeting."

我来记录今晚的会议内容。

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verb

记录，摘录。

To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Examples :

"Before the meeting, the teacher minuted the key points of the discussion from the previous week. "

会议开始前，老师记录了上周讨论的要点。

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adjective

微小的，极小的。

Examples :

"They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing."

他们在他的衣服上只发现了微量的化学残留物。

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adjective

细致，精细。

Very careful and exact, giving small details.

Examples :

"The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination."

律师对证人进行了非常细致的盘问。

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