She acted as a minor role in the play. 她在剧中扮演了一个次要的角色。
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minor
[ noun ]
a young person of either sex
<noun.person> she writes books for children they're just kids `tiddler' is a British term for youngster [ adj ]
of lesser importance or stature or rank
<adj.all> a minor poet had a minor part in the play a minor official many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen minor back roads
lesser in scope or effect
<adj.all> had minor differences a minor disturbance
inferior in number or size or amount
<adj.all> a minor share of the profits Ursa Minor
of a scale or mode
<adj.all> the minor keys in B flat minor
not of legal age
<adj.all> minor children
of lesser seriousness or danger
<adj.all> suffered only minor injuries some minor flooding a minor tropical disturbance
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
<adj.all>
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
<adj.all> Jones minor
warranting only temporal punishment
<adj.all> venial sin
limited in size or scope
<adj.all> a small business a newspaper with a modest circulation small-scale plans a pocket-size country
Minor \Mi"nor\, n. 1. A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.
Note: In hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign ends at an earlier age than of a subject. The minority of a sovereign of Great Britain ends upon the completion of the eighteenth year of his age.
2. (Logic) The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
3. A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
minor \mi"nor\ (m[imac]"n[~e]r), a. [L., a comparative with no positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L. minuere to lessen, Gr. miny`qein, Skr. mi to damage. Cf. {Minish}, {Minister}, {Minus}, {Minute}.] 1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
{Asia Minor} (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south.
{Minor mode} (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn subjects.
{Minor orders} (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc.
{Minor scale} (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones, between the sixth and seventh, as, 6/F, 7/G[sharp], 8/A. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in the descending, scale, thus: ※ See {Major}.
{Minor term of a syllogism} (Logic), the subject of the conclusion.
"If they're playing baseball here, I'm watching. The Cubs could swap their whole team for minor leaguers and I'd still come out," said he.
Municipal courts are geared to process minor offenders within three hours of arrest.
In June, the two leaders also are expected to sign protocols designed to ease Senate ratification of two minor treaties from the 1970s limiting underground nuclear tests.
Florida's rich citrus growing region reported minor crop damage after the second night of record cold.
Other than its expansion into 40 of Sears's California stores, Sears Savings Bank has played a relatively minor role in Sears's diversification into financial services.
They point to the wide-ranging and profitable companies they have built and argue that monopolies play only a minor role in their success.
"Herb the Nerd was a trumped up deal," he said, while the search for Valerie is just "a minor thread" in a campaign that relies on realism.
A medicine commonly used to control epilepsy in pregnant women appears to cause minor birth defects and retardation, raising a dilemma about how to prevent seizures that can also harm the unborn, a study concludes.
More than a half dozen tornadoes accompanying the hurricane hit the Brownsville area today in advance of the center of the storm, blowing over at least two homes and injuring one person, a boy who suffered a minor head wound.
No one was injured in either blast but both bombs caused extensive damage. Five bombs were set off in north London yesterday morning, causing havoc with rush-hour traffic but apparently causing no injuries and only minor damage.
Mrs. Gabel, who died at her Manhattan home, had long been in poor health and had suffered several minor strokes this year, friends said.
It is a system, maintains Mr Banchieri which, 'with minor improvements and adaptations we can be very competitive'.
Two strong earthquakes struck the southwest Pacific today, causing minor damage to buildings on the North Island of New Zealand and rattling the Vanuatu Islands, officials said.
Negotiations are continuing for certain minor portions of Tenneco's oil and gas segment, but the company said it expects total gross proceeds from the sales to exceed the $7.3 billion mark, according to a statement released today.
Schlueter, whose coalition includes the Liberals and Social Liberals, called the vote to settle a minor dispute with the main opposition Social Democrats on economic policy and taxes.
Master-class teacher Ada Kopetz-Korf takes a wary look at the playback unit and the computer screen a few feet away before summoning Alex Wu to play the Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 in G minor.
A woman standing next to Sheftel suffered minor injuries during the acid attack.
It wasn't rioting, it was fighting," said Tompkins, who added that damage was minor.
If a minor threatens someone with the gun or displays it in public, the gun owner faces a misdemeanor charge and up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
But proponents of a Whitehead trip say Iraq's support for terrorism is relatively minor, and that better relations with Washington have moderated Iraq's behavior considerably.
It said the policeman was hospitalized with minor injuries.
Conducting the BBC Welsh Symphony, Tadaki Otaka was freshly attentive to everything. The longest piece was Max Bruch's G minor violin concerto, which has been fading from the repertoire since the Second World War.
Gold and silver prices traded within a narrow range on the Comex, with prices getting a minor boost from a weaker dollar, Sloane said.
It may seem minor to some people, but it's major enough for me." If any phrase could sum up the career of Richard Rodgers, it is a lyric from "No Strings," the only musical for which he wrote both words and music.
While major reforms have not been rolled back, the innovations are minor.
Allowed a woman charged with minor traffic violations to sue Kentucky law enforcement officials who strip-searched her after her arrest.
"There are minor problems, but that is always the case." The trade officials also are preparing final adjustments to a trade agreement on U.S. beef imports into Korea.
"The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Oscar Hijuelo's portrait of brothers from Havana who become minor celebrities as musicians in New York nightclubs.
For example, the court in 1979 said states may require a pregnant, unmarried minor to obtain parental consent to an abortion so long as a judicial bypass option is provided.
INTEREST RATES: Treasury bond futures fell in sluggish trading, with prices reacting mainly to minor moves in the dollar and crude oil prices, traders said.