major
adj. 重要的; 嚴重的; 大音階的; 主修的
n. 少校; 主修課程; 主修…的學生; 大型企業; 大聯盟
v. 主修
You use major when you want to describe something that is more important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
The major factor in the decision to stay or to leave was usually professional...
職業上的考慮往往是決定去留的主要因素。
Drug abuse has long been a major problem for the authorities there...
長久以來,吸毒一直是那裡的當局面臨的一個大難題。
A major is an officer who is one rank above captain in the British army or the United States army, air force, or marines.
I was a major in the war, you know.
你知道,戰爭期間我是一名陸軍少校。
...Major Alan Bulman.
艾倫·布林曼少校
At a university or college in the United States, a student's major is the main subject that they are studying.
English majors would be asked to explore the roots of language.
英語專業的學生會被要求探究語言的根源。
At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology major, geology is the main subject they are studying.
She was named the outstanding undergraduate history major at the University of Oklahoma.
她被評選為俄克拉何馬大學歷史專業的優等生。
If a student at a university or college in the United States majors in a particular subject, that subject is the main one they study.
He majored in finance at Claremont Men's College in California.
他在加利福尼亞州的克萊爾蒙特男子學院主修金融專業。
In music, a major scale is one in which the third note is two tones higher than the first.
...Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D Major.
莫扎特D大調第35號交響曲
A major is a large or important company.
Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.
大型石油公司無需擔心原油銷售不出去。
The majors are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
I knew what I could do in the minor leagues, I just wanted a chance to prove myself in the majors.
我知道自己在職業棒球小聯合會中實力如何,我只是想有個機會能在職業棒球大聯盟中證明一下自己。
A major is an important sporting competition, especially in golf or tennis.
Sarazen became the first golfer to win all four majors.
薩拉岑成為了首位高爾夫四大滿貫賽冠軍。
1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
2. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject;
3. the principal field of study of a student at a university;
1. have as one's principal field of study;
1. of greater importance or stature or rank;
2. greater in scope or effect;
3. greater in number or size or amount;
4. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes;
5. of a scale or mode;
6. of greater seriousness or danger;
7. of full legal age;
8. of the elder of two boys with the same family name;
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary
這些形容詞均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。
They suffered some major setbacks during the fighting.
在這次戰鬥中,他們遭到了嚴重挫折.
By now this had become a major preoccupation for him.
現在這已成為他的當務之急.
For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews.
兩千年來, 異族通婚一直是猶太人的一大禁忌.
About 30 major medical centers in the United States have xenon CT scan technology.
美國大約有30家主要醫療中心有氙氣CT掃描器技術.
Scientists think they have broken through in their attempt to find the causes of many major diseases.
科學家們認為,他們在探索主要病症的病因方面有了新的進展.