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US [ˈmeɪdʒər]
UK [ˈmeɪdʒə(r)]
  • v.〈美口〉主修
  • n.少校；专业课；主修课程；主修学生
  • adj.严重；主要的；重要的；大的
  • Web棒球大联盟；较大的；大调
Plural Form：majors  Present Participle：majoring  Past Tense：majored  

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adj.
1.
[ubn]
主要的；重要的；大的very large or important
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。
2.
[nbn]
严重serious
Never mind─it's not major.
别担心，这不严重。
3.
大调的based on a scale (= a series of eight notes) in which the third note is two whole tones/steps higher than the first note
the key of D major
D 大调
4.
（课程）主修的related to sb's main subject of study in college
n.
1.
[c]
少校an officer of fairly high rank in the army or the US air force
Major Smith
史密斯少校
He's a major in the US army.
他是美国陆军少校。
2.
[c]
主修课程；专业课the main subject or course of a student at college or university
Her major is French.
她的专业课是法语。
3.
[c]
主修学生；主修生a student studying a particular subject as the main part of their course
She's a French major.
她是法语专业的学生。
4.
[pl]
大联盟the major leagues
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AllAll,〈美口〉主修〈美口〉主修,少校少校,专业课专业课,主修课程主修课程,主修学生主修学生,严重严重,主要的主要的,重要的重要的,大的大的,棒球大联盟棒球大联盟,较大的较大的,大调大调
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1.
Major oil companies, with BP prominent among them, have spent twenty years trying to demonstrate their social responsibility.
大型石油公司（尤其是BP）已花费了20年时间，努力彰显其社会责任。
dà xíng shí yóu gōng sī ( yóu qí shì BP ) yǐ huā fèi le èr shí nián shí jiān , nǔ lì zhāng xiǎn qí shè huì zé rèn 。
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2.
The night before I left the field hospital Rinaldi came in to see me with the major from our mess.
离开野战医院的前夕，雷那蒂带着饭堂里那位少校来看我。
lí kāi yě zhàn yī yuàn de qián xī , léi nà dì dài zhe fàn táng lǐ nà wèi shào xiào lái kàn wǒ 。
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3.
Delegates said it was still uncertain whether the US and Japan, two major donors, would increase their pledges, and if so by how much.
与会代表透露，现在仍然不确定的是，美国和日本这两个主要捐赠国是否会提高捐赠以及提高多少。
yù huì dài biǎo tòu lù , xiàn zài réng rán bù què dìng de shì , měi guó hé rì běn zhè liǎng gè zhǔ yào juān zèng guó shì fǒu huì tí gāo juān zèng yǐ jí tí gāo duō shao 。
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As one of the major risks, credit risk's measurement and management of commercial banks has always been a major task.
信用风险作为商业银行所面临的主要风险之一，对其进行有效的度量和管理始终是商业银行面临的重大课题。
xìn yòng fēng xiǎn zuò wéi shāng yè yín háng suǒ miàn lín de zhǔ yào fēng xiǎn zhī yī , duì qí jìn xíng yǒu xiào de dù liàng hé guǎn lǐ shǐ zhōng shì shāng yè yín háng miàn lín de zhòng dà kè tí 。
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The United States was the only major country, apart from Japan, to benefit from the Great War.
除日本外，美国是唯一从第一次世界大战中捞到好处的大国。
chú rì běn wài , měi guó shì wéi yī cóng dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn zhōng lāo dào hǎo chu de dà guó 。
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He may have won the Battle of the Browser but he would start to see major casualties in the Internet War.
浏览器一役虽然获胜，但盖茨开始在网络战争中不断遭遇失败。
liú lǎn qì yī yì suī rán huò shèng , dàn gài cí kāi shǐ zài wǎng luò zhàn zhēng zhōng bú duàn zāo yù shī bài 。
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"It was a major victory for us because we made a big study of Korea and their tactics, " he said.
他说：“这场胜利对我们很重要，我们仔细研究了韩国队的技战术。”
tā shuō : " zhè chǎng shèng lì duì wǒ men hěn zhòng yào , wǒ men zǐ xì yán jiū le hán guó duì de jì zhàn shù 。 "
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However, he said the Fed is unlikely to repeat in the near term the extensive stress-tests done on major U. S. banks earlier this year.
不过他也指出，联储近期内不太可能重复今年稍早针对美国大型银行的压力测试。
bú guò tā yě zhǐ chū , lián chǔ jìn qī nèi bù tài kě néng chóng fù jīn nián shāo zǎo zhēn duì měi guó dà xíng yín háng de yā lì cè shì 。
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He called it a "major victory" for powerful interests like big oil companies, Wall Street banks and health insurance companies.
他声称，这是诸如大型石油公司、华尔街银行及健康保险公司等权势利益集团的“重大胜利”。
tā shēng chēng , zhè shì zhū rú dà xíng shí yóu gōng sī 、 huá ěr jiē yín háng jí jiàn kāng bǎo xiǎn gōng sī děng quán shì lì yì jí tuán de " zhòng dà shèng lì " 。
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Major economies -- including the U. S. , China, the European Union and Brazil -- made such pledges in the lead-up to Copenhagen.
哥本哈根会议召开前，美国、中国、欧盟和巴西等主要经济体已经做出了这种自愿承诺。
gē běn hā gēn huì yì zhào kāi qián , měi guó 、 zhōng guó 、 ōu méng hé bā xī děng zhǔ yào jīng jì tǐ yǐ jīng zuò chū le zhè zhǒng zì yuàn chéng nuò 。
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