Word · Frequency #1912
minor
未成年人
核心释义
a person below the legal age of adulthood; a child or youth who is not yet legally an adult.
- 1.
未成年人,未达到法定年龄的人,法律上责任较少,权利和特权较少
A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
- 2.
较小的人或事物,地位较低的人、群体或事物
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
- 3.
通过删除一个或多个行和列获得的方阵的行列式
A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
- 4.
欧洲和亚洲的夜蛾,主要属于Oligia和Mesoligia属。
Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.
- 5.
大小介于最小工蚁和中等工蚁之间的切叶工蚁。
A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
- 6.
六个钟的钟声变化。
Changes rung on six bells.
次要者;小联盟球员;子式;小型工蚁;夜蛾;六钟变序
用法In use
The club does not allow minors to enter without an adult.
用法提示:此处 minor 作名词,意为'未成年人'。
She is a minor, so her parents must sign the permission slip.
用法提示:minor 是名词,指未满法定年龄的人。
He chose biology as his minor and chemistry as his major.
用法提示:此处 minor 作名词,意为'副修科目'。
a minor
可数名词,指未达到法定年龄的人。常用 a minor 表示一个未成年人。
She is still a minor, so she cannot vote.
她还是未成年人,所以不能投票。
minors
复数形式,泛指未成年人。常用于规则、法律等语境。
The club does not allow minors to enter.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- unaccompanied minor
- 无成人陪伴的未成年人(独自乘机或旅行的未成年人)
- The airline requires unaccompanied minors to pay an extra fee.航空公司要求无成人陪伴的未成年人支付额外费用。
- emancipated minor
- 已获法律自主权的未成年人(经法院判定不受父母控制)
- An emancipated minor can sign a lease in some states.在一些州,已获法律自主权的未成年人可以签署租约。
- no minors
- 未成年人禁止入内;不允许未成年人进入
- The bar has a strict no minors policy after 9 p.m.这家酒吧晚上九点后有严格的未成年人禁止入内规定。
- in the minors
- 在小联盟(打比赛或任职)
- He played in the minors for two years before joining the major league team.他在小联盟打了两年球才加入大联盟球队。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想:major(成年的)与 minor(未成年的)相反;法律上还没到成年年龄(age of majority)的人就是 minor(未成年人)。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:法律文书、新闻报道、官方表格 minor 作名词指未成年人,通常用于法律、正式文件和新闻报道中,比较正式;日常口语中更常说 child 或 kid。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为minors。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 minor /ˈmaɪnə/ 押韵的词(美式发音带 r 音,如 /ˈmaɪnər/)包括 miner、liner、shiner、diner、signer、finer,均读作 /ˈaɪnə/(美式 /ˈaɪnər/),其中 miner 与 minor 同音。注意:mineral /ˈmɪnərəl/ 和 minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ 拼写以 min- 开头,但读 /mɪn/,与 minor 不押韵;minus /ˈmaɪnəs/ 虽前部读音相同,但结尾不同,也不是押韵词。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.