major
[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]
1. 主要的 , 重大的
You use major when you want to describe something that is more important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
反义词
双语例句
例：The major factor in the decision to stay or to leave was usually professional.
决定去留的主要因素通常与职业相关。
例：Drug abuse has long been a major problem for the authorities there.
滥用毒品长期以来一直是该地当局所面临的一大难题。
例：Exercise has a major part to play in preventing disease.
运动在预防疾病上扮演一个主要的角色。
2. （音乐）大调的
In music, a major scale is one in which the third note is two tones higher than the first.
双语例句
例：The orchestra played Mozart's Symphony No. 35 in D Major.
该管弦乐队演奏了莫扎特D大调第35交响曲。
ADJ. 形容词
majors
1. [C 可数名词] （英国陆军）少校 , （美国陆军、空军或海军陆战队）少校
A major is an officer who is one rank above captain in the British army and in United States Army, Air Force, or Marines.
双语例句
例：I was a major in the war, you know.
你知道，我在那场战争期间是个少校。
2. [C 可数名词] （尤指高尔夫球或网球中的）大赛
A major is an important sports competition, especially in golf or tennis.
双语例句
例：Sarazen became the first golfer to win all four majors.
萨拉曾成为了第一个赢得全部4大满贯赛的高尔夫球员。
NOUN. 名词
majors , majoring , majored
1. [I 不及物动词] 以…为专业 , 主修
If a student at a university or college majors in a particular subject, that subject is the main one they study.
双语例句
例：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大学主修金融。
VERB. 动词
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