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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- miner noun
He started work as a coal miner at 14. 他14岁开始做煤矿工人。
- minor adjective
The novel is now regarded as a minor classic. 这部小说现在被视为次要经典。
- 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。
Extra ExamplesThat'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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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music 音乐 based on a scale in which the third note is a semitone / half step higher than the second note 小调的；小音阶的 the key of C minor C 小调
Word OriginMiddle 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.