形容词主要的; 重要的; 大调的; 主修的（课程）
名词主修科目; 大调; 陆军少校; 成年的
不及物动词<美>主修，专攻; [美国英语][教育学]主修(in); 专攻
major
学校
B：I’m trying to decide (what school to go to/ what to major in/ what classes to take).
我在考虑（读哪个学校/学什么专业/读哪个班）？
A：What are you interested in?
你的兴趣是什么？
生活对话
A：Yelling to Rose) Rose, Don and I are going to buy some drinks.
（对柔丝大嚷）柔丝，我和唐要去买些饮料。
B：(Quietly to Sue) Rose and Herb are from the Dark Ages!
（对苏咬耳朵）柔丝和赫伯简直是黑暗时期的人！
A：I've never seen two people who are so nervous when together.
我从来没见过两个人在一起这么紧张的。
B：This is going to be a major disaster.
这次下场会极惨。
A：You're right. They won't say a word to each other...
没错。他们接下来大概无言以对……
B：...the whole evening.
……一整个晚上。
A：They won't get together, ever.
他们俩永远不会在一起的。
Shopping Centers-(购物中心)
B：What sort of shopping is nearby, Mr. Taylor?
泰勒先生，附近有什么购物中心？
A：Call me John. This is a great area of the city for shopping. There’s a grocery store just around the corner.
叫我约翰吧。这一带是市区里购物的好地方。在附近有一个食品杂货店。
B：What about things other than food?
除了食物还有什么？
A：Well, the Riverside Mall has 200 stores in it, including four major department stores.
噢，河畔购物中心内有200家店铺，还包括4家主要的百货商店。
B：Are there small shops near here as well?
这儿附近也有小商店吗？
A：Yes, on 4th street, near the movie theater there are many specialty shops, including clothing boutiques.
是的，在第4大街，电影院附近有很多专卖店，其中还有专卖流行衣服的商店。
B：Well, that sounds just wonderful.
噢，听起来倒挺好。
A：Yes, it’s a really nice neighborhood.
是呀，这个地方可真不错。
1. 少校：少尉(Second Lieutenant) 金色竖条(象征树干)中尉(First Lieutenant) 银色竖条(象征树干)上尉(Captain) 银色双条(象征树干)少校(Major) 金色橡叶中校(Lieutenant Colonel) 银色橡叶上校(Colonel) 鹰(与少校中校的差别很大,
2. major：maj; 中校
1. major
1. 较重要的;较重大的;主要的
You use major when you want to describe something that is more important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. major的解释
2. (英国)陆军(或海军陆战队)少校;(美国)陆军(或空军、海军陆战队)少校
A major is an officer who is one rank above captain in the British army or the United States army, air force, or marines.
e.g. I was a major in the war, you know.
你知道，战争期间我是一名陆军少校。
e.g. ...Major Alan Bulman.
艾伦·布尔曼少校
3. (美国大学中的)主修课程，专业
At a university or college in the United States, a student's major is the main subject that they are studying.
e.g. 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。
4. (美国大学中)主修…的学生，…专业的学生
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.
e.g. 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。
5. major的解释
5. (在美国大学)主修，专攻
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.
e.g. 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。
6. (音乐)大调的，大音阶的
In music, a major scale is one in which the third note is two tones higher than the first.
e.g. ...Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D Major.
莫扎特D大调第35号交响曲
7. 大型公司;重要企业
A major is a large or important company.
e.g. 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。
8. 职业体育总会;(尤指美国)职业棒球联合总会，职业棒球大联盟
The majors are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
e.g. 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。
9. 大型体育比赛;(尤指高尔夫球或网球)大赛
A major is an important sporting competition, especially in golf or tennis.
e.g. 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。
1. It said Major has done an outstanding job managing the China business over the past five years.
2. major的解释
2. All major Asian stock markets in the region tumbled across the board, succumbing to heightened fears of a broader global financial crisis.
3. Bain & Company is a global business consulting firm with offices in all major cities.
4. The business climate index is a major measure reflecting the macroeconomic outlook and the trend of future developments.
5. The CCB's major business indicators are close to the medium and higher levels of the world's top 100 banks.
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6. Spokesman Fan Yifei claimed the bank's major business indicators had been close to the medium or higher levels of the world's top 100 banks.
7. According to Zhang, the bancassurance business is now the major driver of the company's growth.
8. He plans to major in engineering and business management at Hong Kong University, which has offered him a full scholarship.
9. major
9. She is a business management major at Hawaii Pacific University, and wants to be an entrepreneur in the resort industry.
10. The company's major business includes cemetery sales, tombstone design and the operation of funeral homes.
noun
1. the principal field of study of a student at a university
e.g. her major is linguistics
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines
below lieutenant colonel and above captain
3. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
e.g. she is a linguistics major
verb
1. have as one's principal field of study
e.g. She is majoring in linguistics
adj
1. greater in number or size or amount
e.g. a major portion (a majority) of the population
Ursa Major
a major portion of the winnings
2. greater in scope or effect
e.g. a major contribution
a major improvement
a major break with tradition
a major misunderstanding
3. of full legal age
4. of a scale or mode
e.g. major scales
the key of D major
5. major的解释
5. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
e.g. his major field was mathematics
6. of greater importance or stature or rank
e.g. a major artist
a major role
major highways
7. major的翻译
7. of greater seriousness or danger
e.g. a major earthquake
a major hurricane
a major illness