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词汇 non-major
释义 non-major
adjective
(alsononmajor)uk /ˌnɒnˈmeɪ.dʒər/ us /ˌnɑːnˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
not among the biggest, most important, or most serious of its type:
What is the risk level of nonmajor surgery in healthy people aged over 60?
non-major banks/airlines
mainly US
A non-major student is one who is not taking a particular subject as their main subject of study:
Non-major students take English modules as a compulsory requirement.
How can non-major powers attempt to influence the major world powers?
The vote for the non-major parties actually went down in the last election.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Of little or less importance
be in/under someone's shadowidiom
be neither here nor thereidiom
big deal
biggie
derisory
marginal
meaningless
meaninglessly
meaninglessness
mere
picture
piddling
piddly
piffling
play second fiddleidiom
unserious
unseriousness
venial
vestigial
vestigially

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Subjects & disciplines
non-major
noun[ C ]
(alsononmajor)uk /ˌnɒnˈmeɪ.dʒər/ us /ˌnɑːnˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/

non-majornoun[C] (STUDENT)


mainly US
a student who takes a class in a subject that is not their main area of study:
I teach non-majors a class in Environmental Biology.
a physics textbook for nonmajors
The professor's art history class is popular with non-majors who must earn credits in the humanities.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Subjects & disciplines
-ological
Afrocentrism
andragogy
AP
applicative
applied
ESOL
esp.
ethnoscience
food technology
functional skills
nonscientific
ology
ontology
oology
stem
sub-department
sub-discipline
subscience
suicidology

non-majornoun[C] (COMPETITION)


a sports competition, especially in golf or tennis, that is not among those considered the most important or at the highest level :
He won three nonmajors but fell short of qualifying for the US Open.
The tennis tournament is considered one of the sport's most prestigious non-majors.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Competitions, & parts of competitions
bathing beauty
battle of witsidiom
be a game of two halvesidiom
beauty contest
beauty pageant
benefit match
bowl
championship
elimination tournament
kickabout
non-game
omnium
on your marks, get set, go!idiom
postgame
pre-meeting
pro-am
Rafferty's rules
round robin
starter
under starter's ordersidiom
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