Word · Frequency #1912
minor
未成年人
a person below the legal age of adulthood; a child or youth who is not yet legally an adult.
- 1.
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.
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
- 2.
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
较小的人或事物,地位较低的人、群体或事物
- 3.
A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
通过删除一个或多个行和列获得的方阵的行列式
- 4.
Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.
欧洲和亚洲的夜蛾,主要属于Oligia和Mesoligia属。
- 5.
A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
大小介于最小工蚁和中等工蚁之间的切叶工蚁。
- 6.
Changes rung on six bells.
六个钟的钟声变化。
次要者;小联盟球员;子式;小型工蚁;夜蛾;六钟变序
In use
The club does not allow minors to enter without an adult.
She is a minor, so her parents must sign the permission slip.
He chose biology as his minor and chemistry as his major.
Connections
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。
- parent of a minor
- 未成年人的家长
- The parent of a minor must sign the consent form.未成年人的家长必须签署同意书。
Learner notes
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)。
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。
Grammar Note
可数名词,复数形式为minors。
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。
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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