minus

[US]/ˈmaɪnəs/
[UK]/ˈmaɪnəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

prep. (表示否定、缺少、減去)
n. 減號, 負號, 不足
adj. 負的, 不利的
Word Forms
複數minuses

Phrases & Collocations

minus one

關閉一聲部模式;零下一度

Example Sentences

a minus value; minus five degrees.

一個負值,零下五度

it was plus-minus 8.30 a.m.

時間是在上午八點半左右。

ten to the minus thirty-three.

10的負33次方。

Nine minus three is six.

9減3等於6

plus or minus reactions

陽性和陰性反應

get a grade of A minus in English

英語得到 A-的成績

a purse minus its contents

空錢袋

He was minus fifty dollars.

他花了五十塊錢。

the plus and minus factors

有利和不利因素

The temperature was minus 20 degrees.

溫度是零下20度。

a book minus its cover

一本沒有封皮的書

Five minus three is two.

五減三等於二。

The temperature was minus 30 degrees.

氣溫爲零下30度。

what's ninety three minus seven?.

93減7是多少?。

he was minus a finger on each hand.

他每隻手都少一個手指。

minus 40 degrees centigrade.

攝氏零下40度。

C minus, could do better.

C減,可以做得更好。

I went to work minus my briefcase.

我在沒有公文包的情況下去上班

Five minus three leaves two.

五減三剩二。

Real-world Examples

Those figures minus heads and minus hands have not been made invisible.

這些失去頭部和雙手的雕像並未因此而消失不見。

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

It's between minus eight and minus two degrees!

零下8度到零下2度!

Source: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Junior Middle School English

It was an exact replica, minus it being real.

這是一個精確的複製品,只是它不是真的。

Source: Selected Film and Television News

That's why I'm giving you minus 12 points.

這也是我要給你扣掉12分的原因。

Source: Grammar Lecture Hall

Temperatures will plummet to almost minus 40 degree Celsius.

氣溫將驟降到零下40攝氏度。

Source: The Apocalypse of World War II

Five times 30 minus five times five, because 25 here, is 30 minus five.

5乘以30減去5乘以5,等於25。

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2022 Collection

31. The maximum plus or minus the minimum makes minute difference.

最大值加上或者減去最小值只產生極小的差異。

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

And so we can see the student starts defining a variable, left X minus minus.

所以我們可以看到學生開始定義一個變量,左 X 減減。

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

So this is 90 minus theta degrees.

這個也是90-θ度。

Source: Khan Academy: Physics

Oh, the Smith family, minus a dad.

史密斯一家,少個爹。

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

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