【major音标】 英[ˈmeɪdʒə(r)] 美[ˈmeɪdʒər]
【单词释义】 major是什么意思：
adj.主要的；重要的；大调的；主修的（课程）
n.专业；主修科目；大调；陆军少校；成年的
vi.主修，专攻；[美国英语][教育学]主修(in)；专攻
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] majors [第三人称单数] majors
[单词现在分词] majoring
[单词过去式] majored
[单词过去分词] majored
【关联词/派生词】
majority n.多数；大部分
【单词例句】
◇ In general, spoken statements are the major way of communication, but body language and facial expressions also have such kinds of function.
通常说来，口头表达是人们交流的主要方法，但是肢体语言和面部表情也有这种功能。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ "One of the major factors impeding low- and middle-income countries certainly is countries face resistance by a tobacco industry who wishes to replace clients who die by freely marketing their products and keeping prices affordable for young people," he added.
他补充说：“阻碍中低收入国家控烟的一大因素当然是来自烟草行业的阻力，这些国家的烟草行业希望自由销售他们的产品，而且让年轻人买得起，来实现消费者的更替。”
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ There are currently three major television broadcast standards,and they are all incompatible with each other.But this is nothing compared to the many technologies supporting the Internet,each with a different bandwidth and physical media.
当前有三大主要电视广播标准是互不相容的。他们都无法跟许多支持网络的技术相比，他们各自有不同的宽带和物理介质。