n. 主修课程;专业学生;成年人
major in... 主修;专攻......
major on... 专门研究
(2)majority n. 大多数
in the majority 占多数
①I decided to major in French.
我决定主修法语。
②He believes that his supporters are in the majority.
他相信支持他的人占多数。
tiring adj. 令人疲劳的
(教材P21)Yes,but I think that travelling around for weeks would be quite tiring.
是的,但我想四处旅行数个星期会很疲劳。
tired adj. 累的
be tired from/with 由于......而累
be tired of 厌倦
①My eyes were tired from reading(read) in a poor light.
因在不良的光线下阅读,我的眼睛很疲劳。
②I am not really tired of being a teacher,but I am actually tired from it.
我不厌烦当老师,但是当老师确实使我很累。
[明辨异同] tired/tiring/tiresome
tired 意为"累了的",表示人的一种感受,主语常为表示人的名词或代词;也可作定语等。 tiring "令人感到劳累的,(工作等)令人疲倦的,辛苦的,无聊的",主语常为表示事物的名词或代词;也可作定语或补语。 tiresome 相当于annoying(令人烦恼的),tiring或uninteresting,用法与一般形容词相同。 (tired,tiring,tiresome)