minute1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈmɪnɪt]
	      			DJ: [ˈminit]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - 分(鐘)(時間單位)
 
      - 一會兒,片刻[S1]
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I'll be back in a 
minute.
我馬上就回來。
 
      - 分(角度的單位,一度的六十分之一)
 
      - 備忘錄;筆記
 
      - 會議記錄[P]
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I was told to keep the 
minutes at the conference.
他們叫我在會議上作記錄。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 將……記錄下來[(+down)]
 
      - 將……記入會議記錄
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I insisted that my observation be 
minuted.
我堅持要把我的看法記入議事錄。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    in a minute
    
      - 立即
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I'll come 
in a minute.
我馬上就來。
 
    
    not for a minute
    
      - 絕不;從來沒有
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He was 
not for a minute deceived by her words.
他絲毫沒有被她的話所矇騙。
 
    
    the minute (that)
    
      - 一……(就)
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I'll tell her 
the minute that she comes.
她一來我就告訴她。
 
    
    to the minute
    
      - 一分不差
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They arrived at five o'clock 
to the minute.
他們恰好五點到達。
 
    
    up to the minute
    
      - 最新的;最新式的
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Her clothes are always right 
up to the minute.
她的衣服總是最時髦的。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
minute2
  
  
	      			KK: [maɪˈnjut]
	      			DJ: [maiˈnjuːt]
  
    a.
    
      - 微小的;瑣細的
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The office is 
minute, with barely room for a desk and two chairs.
那間辦公室極小,空間勉強夠擺一張寫字臺和兩把椅子。
 
      - 詳細的;精密的
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A 
minute examination revealed fingerprints on a glass.
經詳細檢查後發現一隻玻璃杯上留有指紋印。
 
    
   
  衍生
  
    ad.
    minutely
    n. [U]
    minuteness
   
  辨析
  
 minute1
 
/
ˈmɪnɪt/
n.
  - a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour. 
▸informal a very short time.
 - 
(also arc minute or minute of arc)
 a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement. 
(Symbol: ')
 
Phrase
- up to the minute
 incorporating the very latest information or developments. 
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from late L. minuta, fem. (used as n.) of minutus ‘made small’; the senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from med. L. pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’.
minute2
 
/
mʌɪˈnjuːt/
adj.
 (minutest)
  - extremely small.
 - precise and meticulous:
 a minute examination.
 
Derivative
- minutely adv.
  - minuteness n.
 
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘lesser’, with ref. to a tithe or tax): from L. minutus ‘lessened’, past part. of minuere.
minute3
 
/
ˈmɪnɪt/
n.
  - 
(minutes)
 a summarized record of the points discussed at a meeting.
 - an official memorandum.
 
v.
  - record or note (the points discussed at a meeting).
 - send (someone) a minute.
 
Etymology
ME: from Fr. minute, from the notion of a rough copy in ‘small writing’ (L. scriptura minuta).