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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

major ['meɪʤər]
  1. 1. adjective [+event, factor] (important, significant) 重要的
    Exercise has a major part to play in preventing disease.
    锻炼对于预防疾病有重要作用。
  2. 2. adjective [音] [+key, scale] 大调
  3. 3. noun [c] [军] 少校
  4. 4. noun [US] [教育] (main subject) 专业
  5. 5. noun [US] [教育] a history major (student) 历史专业学生
  6. 6. vi. [US] [教育] to major in sth 主修某专业
    I decided to major in French.
    我决定主修法语。
    (symphony/concerto) in C major
    C大调(交响乐/协奏曲)

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

major [ 'meʤɚ] [ 'meɪʤə]
  1. 1. adjective 较大的；较多的；较大范围的
    My friend is having a major craving for peanut butter.
    我朋友非常喜欢吃花生酱。
  2. 2. adjective 较重要的；主要的（部分）
    This deal is going to be a major asset to our company.
    这笔买卖成交后将会成为我们公司的主要资产。
  3. 3. adjective 多数人的；多数派的
  4. 4. adjective [slang] 极好的，严肃的，严重的（大学生用语）
  5. 5. adjective 成年的；较为年长的
  6. 6. adjective [American English] [pedagogics] 主修的（课程）
  7. 7. adjective [music] 大音阶的；大调的；长音程的
    in a major key
    大调
    I prefer songs that are set to minor keys as opposed to major ones.
    我喜欢小调演奏的歌曲，不喜欢大调的。
  8. 8. adjective [music] 含大三度和音的三和弦的
    Do you think that this song sounds too happy because it's full of major chords?
    你认为这首歌过于欢快是因为通篇都是大三和音的缘故吗？
  9. 9. adjective [logic] 大前提的
  10. 10. noun [legal] 成年人
  11. 11. noun 长者；上级
  12. 12. noun [American English] [French] [military] 少校
    He is a Major in the US Air Force.
    他是美国空军的少校。
    Many years ago, she became the first female Major in the history of the army.
    多年前，她成了军队有史以来的第一位女少校。
  13. 13. noun [American English] [pedagogics] 主课；专修课；专修学生
    I was a math major in college.
    我大学的专业是数学。
    Her major is business.
    她的专业是商科。
  14. 14. noun [music] 大调；大音阶
  15. 15. noun [logic] 大前提
  16. 16. vi. [American English] [pedagogics] 主修；专攻
    to major in physics
    主修物理
    Have you decided what to major in when you go to University next year?
    明年上大学你决定选什么专业了吗？

Collins English-English Dictionary

major ['meɪʤə]
  1. 1. n [military] an officer immediately junior to a lieutenant colonel
  2. 2. n a person who is superior in a group or class
  3. 3. n a large or important company
    the oil majors
  4. 4. n [often preceded by the] [music] a major key, chord, mode, or scale
  5. 5. n [US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ] the principal field of study of a student at a university, etc
    his major is sociology
  6. 6. n a student who is studying a particular subject as his principal field
    a sociology major
  7. 7. n a person who has reached the age of legal majority
  8. 8. n [logic] a major term or premise
  9. 9. adj larger in extent, number, etc
    the major part
  10. 10. adj of greater importance or priority
  11. 11. adj very serious or significant
    a major disaster
  12. 12. adj main, chief, or principal
  13. 13. adj of, involving, or making up a majority
  14. 14. adj [music] (of a scale or mode) having notes separated by the interval of a whole tone, except for the third and fourth degrees, and seventh and eighth degrees, which are separated by a semitone
  15. 15. adj relating to or employing notes from the major scale
    a major key
  16. 16. adj [postpositive] denoting a specified key or scale as being major
    C major
  17. 17. adj denoting a chord or triad having a major third above the root
  18. 18. adj (in jazz) denoting a major chord with a major seventh added above the root
  19. 19. adj [logic] constituting the major term or major premise of a syllogism
  20. 20. adj [chiefly US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ] of or relating to a student's principal field of study at a university, etc
  21. 21. adj [Brit] the elder: used after a schoolboy's surname if he has one or more younger brothers in the same school
    Price major
  22. 22. adj of full legal age
  23. 23. adj [postpositive] [bell-ringing] of, relating to, or denoting a method rung on eight bells
  24. 24. vi. [intr; usually foll by in] [US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ] to do one's principal study (in a particular subject)
    to major in English literature
  25. 25. vi. [Etymology] C15 (adj): from Latin, comparative of magnus great; C17 (n, in military sense): from French, short for sergeant major
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Examples

C major is the relative major of A minor → relative
in a major key
大调 → major
to major in physics
主修物理 → major
The use of information technology could lead to major progress for developing nations.
信息技术的使用可以给发展中国家带来巨大的进步。 → use
Biological factors play a major role in the development of mental illness.
生物因素在精神疾病的发展过程中起着很重要作用。 → biological
This deal is going to be a major asset to our company.
这笔买卖成交后将会成为我们公司的主要资产。 → major
My friend is having a major craving for peanut butter.
我朋友非常喜欢吃花生酱。 → major
I prefer songs that are set to minor keys as opposed to major ones.
我喜欢小调演奏的歌曲，不喜欢大调的。 → major
Do you think that this song sounds too happy because it's full of major chords?
你认为这首歌过于欢快是因为通篇都是大三和音的缘故吗？ → major
He is a Major in the US Air Force.
他是美国空军的少校。 → major
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"i have three majors", 应该是第14项含义吧.


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major is a kind of rank.


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