ma‧jor 1 S1 W1 AC / meɪdʒə $ -ər / 形容词

1 [通常用于名词前] having very serious or worrying results 反义词 minor :

There is a major problem with parking in London.

The loss of their goalkeeper through injury was a major setback for the team.

He underwent major heart surgery recently.

It could have sparked a major confrontation.

2 [通常用于名词前] very large or important, when compared to other things or people of a similar kind 反义词 minor

major role/part/factor etc

Britain played a major role in the negotiations.

There are two major political parties in the US.

The government’s major concern is with preventing road accidents.

Smoking is one of the major causes of cancer.

the major developments in computer technology

a major road

3 [名词前不用] American English spoken very important :

This is major? You got me out of bed for this?

4 a major key is based on a musical scale in which there are semitone s between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth notes → minor :

a symphony in D major