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majors

/mey-jer/US // ˈmeɪ dʒər //UK // (ˈmeɪdʒə) //

专业,主修课,专业人员,专业领域

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n.名词 noun
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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.
adj.形容词 adjective
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to follow a major course of study: He is majoring in physics.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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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.