majors
专业,主修课,专业人员,专业领域
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- : a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- : one of superior rank, ability, etc., in a specified class.
- : Education. a subject or field of study chosen by a student to represent his or her principal interest and upon which a large share of his or her efforts are concentrated: History was my major at college.a student engaged in such study.
- : a person of full legal age.
- : Music. a major interval, chord, scale, etc.
- : the majors, Sports.the major leagues: He coached in the majors as well as in the minors.the companies or organizations that lead or control a particular field of activity: the oil majors.
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- : greater in size, extent, or importance: the major part of the town.
- : great, as in rank or importance: a major political issue; a major artist.
- : serious or risky: a major operation.
- : of or relating to the majority: the major opinion.
- : of full legal age.
- : Music. being between the tonic and the second, third, sixth, or seventh degrees of a major scale: a major third; a major sixth. having a major third between the root and the note next above it.
- : pertaining to the subject in which a student takes the most courses: Her major field is English history.
- : being the elder or higher in standing: Hobbes Major is not of a scientific bent.
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- : to follow a major course of study: He is majoring in physics.
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Examples
The roof, doors, and windows will be sourced locally, and the whole process can be completed in less than a week, another major advantage over traditional building methods.
She met her first husband and writing partner Gerry Goffin, a chemistry major while they were students at Queens College.
CHth1zkHj8WOne of the ways that Toyota is able to create vehicles with such strong reputations for reliability is by reusing major components across multiple vehicles.
The newspapers reported that Thomas “Shaky Tom” Anderson and Jimmy “Kid Riviera” Williams were major players in the policy racket.
Another former Democratic lawmaker who now leads a major Texas city similarly tried and failed to pass legislation that would bring greater accountability to the state.
To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.
Iraq may have been an irregular fight, but it had major moments.
This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
Those who have watched anti-gay groups closely suggest that there will be two major strategic shifts in their strategy.
The major-general kept him well informed of every movement of the enemy, and pointed out the dangerous isolation of Davout.
Thereon the major-general took on himself to nominate Prince Eugne as Murat's successor.
Major Abbott and his brother officers, trying to keep their men loyal, stood fast and listened to the distant turmoil in the city.
Frulein Fichtner was the young lady who was going to play his concerto in A major at the concert that evening.
He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.