备战2013中考英语：中考英语词汇旧词新义---minute

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　　minute
       
       
                　　They only took fifteen minutes to finish that job.
此句中minute用作名词,意为“分钟;片刻;一会儿”。minute还有其它用法,如:
       
       
                　　①Your suggestion will be minuted. (minute用作动词,意为“将某事载入备忘录或会议记录”。)
       
       
                　　②Her clothes are always right up to the minute. (up to the
minute意为“最新的;时髦的”。)
       
       
                　　③The detective studied the fingerprints in the minutest detail.
(minute用作形容词,读作/mai’nju:t/,意为“极详细的;准确的”。)