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major单词基本解析：

adj.重要的; 严重的; 大音阶的; 主修的n.少校; 主修课程; 主修…的学生; 大型企业; 大联盟v.主修
adj.较多的, 主要的, 严重的, (音乐)大调的n.成年人, 主修, 陆军少校, 举足轻重者 v.主修

major变化用词：

复数:majors;第三人称单数:majors;过去式:majored;现在分词:majoring;
动词过去式: majored | 动词过去分词: majored | 动词现在分词: majoring | 动词第三人称单数: majors |
复数：majors过去式：majored现在分词：majoring第三人称单数：majors

major英英释义：

Noun

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;

"she is a linguistics major"

3. the principal field of study of a student at a university;

"her major is linguistics"

名词 major:

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

同义词：John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major

a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

the principal field of study of a student at a university

动词 major:

have as one's principal field of study

形容词 major:

of greater importance or stature or rank

greater in scope or effect

greater in number or size or amount

of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

of a scale or mode

of greater seriousness or danger

of full legal age

of the elder of two boys with the same family namemajor[ 'meidʒə ]n.a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captainBritish statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

同义词：John MajorJohn R. MajorJohn Roy Major

a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

"she is a linguistics major"

the principal field of study of a student at a university

"her major is linguistics"

v.have as one's principal field of study

"She is majoring in linguistics"

adj.of greater importance or stature or rank

"a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

greater in scope or effect

"a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"

greater in number or size or amount

"a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "a major portion of the winnings"

of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

"his major field was mathematics"

of a scale or mode

"major scales"; "the key of D major"

of greater seriousness or danger

"a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"

of full legal ageof the elder of two boys with the same family name

"Jones major"

major中文词源：

major 主要的，主修课程 来自拉丁语maior,来自*magjos变体，来自来自PIE*meg,伟大的，巨大的，词源同magnate,*yos,比较级后缀。引申词义主要的，主修课程等。

major用法和例句：

a major road

一条大马路

major international companies

大跨国公司

to play a major role in sth

在某事中起重要作用

We have encountered major problems.

我们遇上了大问题。

There were calls for major changes to the welfare system.

有人要求对福利制度进行重大改革。

Never mind─it's not major.

别担心——这不严重。

the key of D major

D大调

Major Smith

史密斯少校

He's a major in the US army.

他是美国陆军少校。

Her major is French.

她的专业课是法语。

She's a French major.

她是法语专业的学生。

She majored in History at Stanford.

她在斯坦福主修历史。

The major factor in the decision to stay or to leave was usually professional...

职业上的考虑往往是决定去留的主要因素。

Drug abuse has long been a major problem for the authorities there...

长久以来，吸毒一直是那里的当局面临的一个大难题。

I was a major in the war, you know.

你知道，战争期间我是一名陆军少校。

...Major Alan Bulman.

艾伦·布尔曼少校

English majors would be asked to explore the roots of language.

英语专业的学生会被要求探究语言的根源。

She was named the outstanding undergraduate history major at the University of Oklahoma.

她被评选为俄克拉何马大学历史专业的优等生。

He majored in finance at Claremont Men's College in California.

他在加利福尼亚州的克莱尔蒙特男子学院主修金融专业。

...Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D Major.

莫扎特D大调第35号交响曲

Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.

大型石油公司无需担心原油销售不出去。

I knew what I could do in the minor leagues, I just wanted a chance to prove myself in the majors.

我知道自己在职业棒球小联合会中实力如何，我只是想有个机会能在职业棒球大联盟中证明一下自己。

Sarazen became the first golfer to win all four majors.

萨拉岑成为了首位高尔夫四大满贯赛冠军。

major

"Slit the tunic," the major said.

“撕开制服，”少校说。

"Love Story" came to be made only after six major studios had given it the thumbs down.

《爱情故事》是在遭到6家主要制片商的拒绝之后才开始制作的。

"On the Ten Major Relationships" is a fine speech.

《论十大关系》是好的。

The one major signpost is change.

一个主要的路标就是改变。

A major vessel has been lacerated.

一个较大的血管已经裂伤。

A major has a crown on the shoulder of his uniform.

一名少校在制服的肩部有个王冠形的纹章。

A major war seemed all too likely.

一场大规模的战争似乎一触既发。

An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.

一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。

A major criminal masterminded the huge fraud.

一要犯策画了这个大诈骗案.

Graph the three major types of cost functions.

三种主要类型价值函数的曲线图。

A captain ranges between a lieutenant and a major.

上尉军阶在中尉之上，少校之下。

Captain is an inferior rank to major.

上尉是低于少校的一个官阶

A captain is inferior to a major.

上尉的级别低於少校。

The major world powers are afraid of falling behind in the arms race.

世界各大强国均惟恐在军备竞赛中落後。

The two firms joined forces to win a major contract.

两家公司联合起来以争得一桩大生意。

Major Cities: Roseau, Joseph, Portsmouth.

主要城市：罗索、约瑟夫、次茅斯。

Fluency in spoken English is a major requirement.

主要条件为英语口语流利。

Major Ports: Copenhagen, Alborg, Arhus, Odense.

主要港口：哥本哈根、奥尔堡、奥尔胡、欧登塞。

Major Ports: Amsterdam, Haarlem and Rotterdam.

主要港口：阿姆斯特丹、哈勒姆、鹿特丹。

The major media are rapidly becoming the glue.

主要的传播媒介正迅速地变成一条纽带。

The major stations are not broadcasting today.

主要的电台今天都没有广播。

Profit of major airlines has been affected by the rise in fuel price.

主要航空公司的利润受到燃料涨价的影响。

The southernmost of the major islands of Japan, in the southwest on the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

九州日本最南端的主要岛屿，在西南部，位于东中国海和太平洋上

Noticing his military beating, I put him down as a retired major.

从他那军人的举止，我认为他是一位退役的少校。

Electronic products are the major import from Japan.

从日本进口的主要物品是电子产品。

English is his major and history is his minor.

他主修英文，副修历史。

The preferred the captain to the rank of major .

他们将这个陆军上尉提升到少校。

They have wiped out the enemy's major military targets.

他们已彻底摧毁了敌人的主要军事目标。

They continued to view it as their major adversary.

他们继续把它看作主要的对手。

They tried to pin him down on major issues.

他们试图说服他就重大问题表明立场。

He spent the major part of a year abroad.

他在国外度过大半年。

His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.

他处理不善使小事变大了。

He left the major portion of his money to the foundation.

他将大部分钱留给了这个基金会。

His advancement to major came two years ago.

他於两年前被提升为少校。

He is a Major in the US Air Force.

他是美国空军的少校。

He was making a major effort to tilt American policy towards Africa.

他正在作出重大努力使美国政策向非洲倾斜。

The outset of any major project can Be difficult.

任何主要方案实施的初期都可能会有困难

As you are well aware that a merger is a major turning point.

你很清楚合并是一个重要的转折点。

Your laid-back tude will be a major friend magnet.

你柔和的态度是交朋友的一块吸铁石（吸引朋友的主要因素）。

Your comments are an excursion from the major theme.

你的话偏离了主题。

Only very, very rarely does someone so far out of the political swim as Jerry Brown, who last held political office almost a decade ago, manage to win the presidential nomination of a major party.

像布朗这样远离政海——他最后一次从政几乎是十年以前的事——而能设法赢得主要政党提名竞选总统，实在是一件绝无仅有之事。

His major views are contained in the works.

其主要观点体现在他的著作中。

Creating a new business process is a major project.

创立一种崭新的商业运行方法可谓是一个大工程。

What is the major cause of the labour-management strife?

劳资冲突的主要原因是什么?

A major industrial region of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan adjacent to Chicago.

卡柳梅特位于伊利诺斯州东北部和印第安纳州西北部的一个重要的工业区，靠近密歇根湖并与芝加哥毗邻

Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war.

即使是局部的对抗也可能扩大成一场大战。

And the other major item is water and sanitation.

另外一个主要问题是水源和卫生设备。

Just because we underbid our rivals and got a major order, they have accused us of sharp practice.

只是因为我们投票时出价低于对手得到了一个大数量的订货单，他们便指责我们有欺诈行为。

Major Smith has been attached to the 2nd division.

史密斯少校暂已派到第二师执行任务。

Illiteracy is a major problem in some developing countries.

在一些发展中国家，文盲是个大问题。

Breastworks were thrown up at major intersections.

在主要的十字路口都匆匆筑起了胸墙。

No other major insurer acts with equal restraint.

在同业中再没有其它任何一家保险公司有我们如此高的自制力。

A major record in auto racing fell.

在汽车赛中产生了一项重大记录。

Red lines on the map correspond to major roads.

地图上的红线相当于主要道路。

It is the major media for malaria and dengue fever.

埃及伊蚊是登革热病的传播媒介。

Mexico is major nesting area for the reptiles.

墨西哥是此种爬行动物最主要的栖居地。

The major or minor term of a syllogism.

大前提，小前提三段论中的大前提或小前提

The major part of the audience was laughing.

大部分观众在笑。

Unemployment is one of the major problems of modern times.

失业问题是现代的主要问题。

She played a major part in the success of the scheme.

她对该计画的成功起了重要作用。

She had a major emotional upset.

她情绪上受到了沉重的打击。

She is working for her double major in English and Economics.

她正在修英语和经济双学位。

Her father underwent a major operation last week.

她父亲上周动了一次大手术。

Her major is French.

她的主修科目是法语。

She looked as ill at ease as the Major.

她看来同少校一样地坐立不安。

It had become of major importance as a pathogen.

它已成为极其重要的病原菌。

It forms a major structural depression.

它构成一个大的构造凹陷。

It was treated as a major security leak.

它被列为重大安全事故。

The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.

安全处置核废料是个大问题。

The trial resulted in the implication of several major figures in the organization.

审讯结果表明这个组织中几个主要人物都牵连在案。

Money is still a major incentive to most people.

对于大多数人来说，金钱仍是主要的刺激物。

The are charging the major with instigating revolt.

对于少校的指控是鼓动叛乱。

For many Britons accustomed to watching Thatcher browbeat enemies and dress down aides, it seemed like only a matter of time before her support for Major would cool.

对很多看惯撒切尔向她的政敌怒目而视或斥责僚属的英国人来说，她对梅杰的支持迟早都会冷却。

Major courses contributing to management qualification: Management, accounting, economics, marketing, sociology.

对管理资格有帮助的主要课程：管理学、会计学、经济学、市场学、社会学。

The skirmish grew into a major battle.

小冲突扩大形成大战斗。

The major general ranks at this camp.

少将是这个营地的最高级军官。

A major precedes a captain in rank.

少校军阶高于上尉。

The major impregnated the soldiers with his own fearless courage.

少校把他自己那份无所畏惧的勇气灌输给了士兵们。

A major ranks above a captain.

少校比上尉军衔高。

Behind the Major was a desk as big as a battleship.

少校身后是一张大得象战舰那样的办公桌。

用作形容词(adj.)

The city holds the major portion of the population in the country.
那个城市聚集了全国大部分人口。

Popular education is one of our major objectives.
民众教育是我们的主要目标之一。

This quartet represents a major new trend in modern music.
这首四重奏的曲子反映了现代音乐中一种主要的新趋向。

We have encountered major problems.
我们已遇到重大的问题。

The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.
安全处置核废料是个大问题。

用作名词(n.)

Majors should take more responsibilities and be more intelligent in handling personal relations.
成年人要承担更多的责任,在处理人际关系中也要变得更急灵活。

He is a history major.
他是主修历史的学生。

Captain is an inferior rank to major.
上尉是低于少校的一个官阶

An oil-producing country is considered as one of the majors.
产油国被认为是世界上的重要国家之一。

用作动词(v.)

She majored in maths and physics at university.
她在大学期间主修数学和物理。

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