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noun ˈmɪnɪtˈmɪnɪt 1A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour. （时间单位）分 we waited for twenty minutes I'll be there in ten minutes' time Example sentencesExamples - It took me ten minutes short of two hours to get from Clifford Street to Askham Lane.
- At 11.40, an hour and twenty minutes later, normal service resumed on all three sites.
- Just four minutes into the second period, Tramore probably took a deserving lead.
- He re-appeared much later, in the ninth minute of the second period, but his impact was never the same.
- McIntyre lifted his players during the half-time break but a glazing miss in the first minute of the second period could have proved costly.
- Brendan McGrath was the goal scorer for the winners nine minutes into the second period.
- Why should people who have got incurable diseases or who are in pain every hour, every minute, every second of the day go on needlessly suffering?
- Neil Davis grabbed the only goal of the game six minutes into the second period.
- Murray notched his second score ten minutes into the second period, and thereafter any chance of a shock result had gone.
- Keighley had to play the first ten minutes of the second period with only 14 men.
- The same player added his second and Black Swans fourth to complete the scoring five minutes into the second period.
- McGoldrick's goal was a powerful finish in the 17th minute of the second period.
- With just 11 minutes of the second period gone, though, a moment of magic turned the course of the match.
- An hour and twenty minutes after setting off for a forty minute drive I arrived.
- Gavin Chapman came in with an overall time of four hours, twenty five minutes and nine seconds.
- Their only goal chance came in the 14th minute of the second period.
- Irvine finally pulled ahead seven minutes into the second period, taking a lead they were not to relinquish.
- Use different units: months, weeks and days, even hours, minutes and seconds.
- Every business activity is timed in terms of hours, minutes, days, months, and years.
- In the sixth minute of the second period Christopher Kelly levelled matters when he scored from a free-kick.
- 1.1 The distance covered in a minute by someone driving or walking.
驾车（或步行）一分钟的路程 the hotel is situated just ten minutes from the centre of the resort 旅馆到旅游胜地中心仅10分钟路程。 Example sentencesExamples - Sunday we went to the seaside, as we are only 20 minutes from the coast.
- The supermarket will be five minutes from my work and one minute from my home.
- Most hotels have a decent gym, or you can find a decent gym five minutes from the hotel in the big cities.
- I just book the car out, walk to the parking bay - two minutes from my front door - and go.
- Simon was reared on sporting diet of Eire Og, his home only minutes from Pairc Ui Bhriain.
- A room at the hotel, which is minutes from the airport and city centre, costs around 55 dollars per night.
- Anne says her own partner's ashes were scattered in her village graveyard, just five minutes from where she lives.
- I used an agency in Varna to buy a lovely villa five minutes from Sunny Beach.
- The gas meter on the Jeep told him he had less than an eighth of a tank left but he was only about five minutes from home.
- In total, it was 26 minutes from Hythe to the Guildhall - ferry good, ferry good indeed.
- The village is 20 minutes from Chamonix and the cable-car to the top of the Aiguille du Midi mountain.
- That thought had only occurred to Cain when they were a few minutes from Wenshi Town.
- I did a wee search online, and came up with the yoga place in E2, just 5 minutes from work.
- I took a new sleeping pill as the plane took off, and when I opened my eyes, we were 40 minutes from landing.
- If you're prepared to walk a few minutes from the harbour, car parking is free.
- This house is within walking distance of the city centre, a few minutes from Herbert Park.
- It was about five minutes from the venue, so they would be able to make it back in time for the show.
- Hornby writes from a small flat two minutes from his beloved Highbury.
- No young child should have to attend a primary school 45 minutes walking distance away.
- Just 20 minutes from the airport, we are perched on top of a cone-shaped hill overlooking Kranj.
- 1.2informal A very short time.
〈非正式〉片刻，一会儿 come and sit down for a minute 来坐一会儿。 Example sentencesExamples - For those who still aren't convinced, stop for a minute, look around and take the time to absorb all that this great campus has to offer.
- Luckliy he was and she asked him to pop over for a minute.
- Perhaps you ought to think about that for a minute as well.
- And if we - excuse me for a minute - and if we find a training camp, we'll take care of it.
- Let's step back for a minute, away from the heat, and look at the light.
- He just wants to be by her bedside, just for a minute.
- Well, let's get to Mohamed Atta for a minute because you mentioned him as well.
- The network thought about it for a minute, which is never a good sign.
- Think about the bit in the brackets for a minute.
- And that's when the other person got some hand puppets and asked Britney to sit down for a minute.
- When I point this out to her, McCartney thinks for a minute.
- He was puzzled for a minute before he exploded into hard sobs.
- As soon as the captain heard this, he excused himself for a minute, went down into his cabin, and brought back a large Manila envelope.
- For a minute there I thought I was visiting my dad (who's lived there since 1980).
- And then, once they'd turned their backs for a minute to do something else, we could see my pizza catch fire and eventually blacken to a cinder.
- I puzzled for a minute, then gave a totally unconvincing answer.
- Let's listen to what she had to say and talk about this for a minute.
- Listen, you hang round here for a minute while I switch everything off, and then I won't have to come upstairs again.
- Let's talk about that for a minute, about the oil, and what kind of problem that this is posing with regard to this cleanup.
- I just saw it… I just gave it to someone to hold for a minute while I took a picture and it's gone.
Synonyms moment, short time, little while, second, bit, instant informal sec, nanosecond, jiffy, jiff British informal tick, mo, two ticks - 1.3 A point in time.
she was laughing one minute and crying the next 她一会儿笑一会儿哭。 Example sentencesExamples - It is amazing that your life can turn in an instant, one minute enjoying a social event, the next lying face down in the gutter, or in a cell somewhere.
- One minute you're angry and the next minute you're happy.
Synonyms point in time, point, moment, instant, time, juncture, stage
2A sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ) 分（角度量单位，符号：'） Delta Lyrae is a double star with a separation of over 10 minutes of arc Example sentencesExamples - To have any chance of affecting a pilot's vision, a would-be terrorist would have to be capable of keeping the beam pointed to an accuracy of 3 minutes of arc, one-tenth the diameter of a Full Moon.
- Under ideal, bright conditions, the resolution of the human eye is about one minute of arc; performance falls off as scene brightness decreases.
- The table was based on a circle divided into 360 degrees with each degree divided into 60 minutes.
- He had just invented a new instrument: a prototype sextant with arms nearly six feet in length and a scale graduated to single minutes of arc.
- But Kepler found a discrepancy of eight minutes of arc between the observed and predicted positions of the planet.
Phrasesany minute (or at any minute) a fight seemed likely to break out at any minute Example sentencesExamples - I can't help thinking that the doorbell will ring at any minute, and upon opening the front door I will be greeted by a small group of unseasonably-clothed carol singers.
- He started moving the books from the old, cheap shelves, which were threatening to break again at any minute.
- Lisa is such a draw that she threatens to capsize the entire film at any minute, making the premise too simple: only crazy people are sane, while you normal folks are just boring.
- It's not just physical sense of oppression, the weight of crouching and cramping and digging in a narrow cave that could collapse at any minute, though that's there.
- There he was, hanging by one arm to a rock that looked ready to break off at any minute.
- The doorbell will ring any minute, and soon the sockeye and I will be fork-tender.
- I could feel the strain of her effort to be gentle, like I was going to break into pieces any minute.
- Alex's voice held a strained edge, sounding as if it would break any minute.
- Yes, the table is set as though the guests are going to arrive at any minute, so you can imagine the different guests that Sand brought here.
- As I worked my way off the streets, one fear always lurked in my mind: my whole world could crumble at any minute, and I could lose everything.
Synonyms very soon, in a moment, in a second, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long North American momentarily informal in a jiffy, in a nanosecond, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say Jack Robinson, before you can say knife British informal in a tick, in a mo, in two ticks North American informal in a snap archaic or informal anon archaic ere long
informal At the present time. 〈英，非正式〉目前；此时 I've got things on my mind at the minute Example sentencesExamples - James added: ‘We are discussing middle names at the minute and Jacqui and Jeanette have cropped up.’
- The site isn't up to much at the minute - mind, nor is BT's ADSL service - so the two are in good company.
- It's unbelievable, I'm lost for words at the minute.
- Low borrowing rates and the absence of currency risks favours Europe at the minute.
Synonyms at present, at the moment, at the present moment, at the present time, now, currently, this minute, presently
matters grew worse by the minute 事态迅速恶化。 Example sentencesExamples - Evening was closing in, the air grew crisper by the minute, and the wind quieted to a whisper.
- The tempo of the game dropped as a result and Shelbourne grew more comfortable by the minute.
- Better, but I still had dark circles under my eyes, and my hair was looking worse by the minute.
- The consistency with which Celtic confound expectation grows more remarkable by the minute.
- Both girls laughed over this, but Margaret's face seemed to grow paler by the minute.
- Already, the group of men that had surrounded them was growing smaller and smaller by the minute.
- There were bright lights around the entrance and the queue was growing longer by the minute.
- The snooping was forgotten as she started to skip around the room and grow more excited by the minute.
- The feeling grew stronger by the minute yet, each time, when he looked back, the road was deserted.
- The chances of getting back will grow dimmer by the minute.
1Used as a request to delay an action or decision for a short time. 稍等片刻 wait a minute—I have to put my make-up on 稍等一下——我还要化妆。 Example sentencesExamples - Wait a minute - I have to go back and make sure that's what I actually saw.
- He stripped from his waist up, put on a black face, did about 20 minutes of the show and then said, wait a minute.
Synonyms be patient, wait a moment/second, just a moment/minute/second, hold on informal hang on, hold your horses British informal hang about 2Used as a prelude to a query or objection. 且慢 wait a minute—that just isn't true 且慢——那根本不对。 Example sentencesExamples - The less money you make - wait a minute, wait a minute - the less money you make, the less taxes you pay.
- But wait a minute, I hear you say; those tax cuts expire in 2010.
- And I thought about it for a minute and said, wait a minute, there's a lot to be thankful for.
- Hey, wait a minute - how about the United Nations?
- I think people step back and say wait a minute - who is running this thing and who is making the decisions?
- I think when young people start to realize what Dumont is proposing, then they'll take a huge step back and go, ‘Whoa, wait a minute!’
- Wait a minute, wait a minute, doesn't BET also air a show called Comic View where on any given day any comedian could have two or three Michael Jackson jokes?
- Then you say, ‘wait a minute, wait a minute,’ and spend about 2 minutes playing devil's advocate.
- That was six months now and it's time to step back and say now wait a minute, what do these decisions mean?
- You can see how there are some Americans who might look at this and say, wait a minute, it's branding the United States as the bad guy, when in fact the U.S. is trying to keep the bad people out.
the minute (or the minute that) let me know the minute he returns Example sentencesExamples - But the minute the Americans pressed forward, they were fired at from another angle.
- The clear message is: make sure the minute you experience these feelings, you call the helpline.
- But, the minute Doc put pen to paper, it became politicised in the way that he frames and describes it.
- The original scared me to death the minute I heard the title spoken aloud.
- There is usually plenty of heat the minute you walk outside the door of a tapas bar, provided you are in Spain and not Scotland.
- Most sows are sent to the slaughter house the minute they can't reproduce babies.
- Now, as anyone who knows me will attest, the minute you make me an Official, I take my duties very seriously.
- She was so scared of her family's reaction that she hid the pregnancy from it until the minute she went into labour.
- I regretted it all from the minute I saw it in the mirror until the minute it had fully grown back.
- However the minute I was inside the shop I felt very self conscious and wrong.
Synonyms at present, at the moment, at the present moment, at the present time, now, currently, this minute, presently
he didn't fool me for a minute Example sentencesExamples - I'm not for a minute suggesting that ‘head in the sand’ is the best alternative, however.
- That's not for a minute to assert that those without savings are in any way lesser parents, or that families that scrimp and save do not provide warm and loving homes.
- The lines still flow, the timing is there too, and not for a minute does anybody feel like we have been away for so long.
- And that would not surprise me in the least, not for a minute.
- ‘I'm not for a minute suggesting that everything is right, but I find it difficult to see the general accusations that the Scottish Executive is ignoring the rural community,’ he told the Sunday Herald.
- In hindsight, I would not for a minute go back and say, ‘Gee, we should have gone slower so we could have had more forces built up behind us to control areas that we went past.’
- I am not for a minute suggesting that young heirs follow a rigid, boot camp regime, but it would be helpful if times like Gap Years were made up of several partitions.
- Your Honour, I was not for a minute suggesting that my client was more benevolent, only that others are in like position.
- I've certainly never resented all the training, not for a minute.
- I'm not for a minute proposing that you shouldn't be there on opening day, I'm simply suggesting that fishing will improve as we approach the middle of July.
this minute (or this very minute) 1informal At once; immediately. 立即，马上 pull yourself together this minute Example sentencesExamples - I'm coming up to check this minute - switch that computer off immediately!
- As Sara Cox said this morning: ‘JJ72, stop making all that pop music racket upstairs in your bedroom and come down here this minute… your tea's getting cold!’
- You had better straighten up right this minute or you'll go to bed without dinner.
- More photos here and please go here and buy their new EP right this minute.
- I have the Mel Blanc ‘Happy Birthday’ records, though not where I can get to them right this minute.
- A powerful, bellowing voice says, ‘Get out of the house, this minute.’
- Please address any complaints to the management, and get that damned squirrel out of here right this minute before it chews the sugar and dandelion centrepiece I've been working on since Tuesday!
- Erin, get back here this minute!
- You come back here right this minute with that ring or I'll give you such a beating!
- I'm telling you folks - if that's what running up and down ladders does for your game I'm into Mackey's this minute to order one!
Synonyms at once, immediately, directly, this moment, this second, instantly, straight away, right away, right now, without further/more ado, forthwith French tout de suite Latin instanter informal pronto, straight off, right off, toot sweet archaic straight 2informal Only a short while ago. 〈英〉刚才，方才 I've just this minute got back home 我刚回到公寓。 Example sentencesExamples - I have just this minute signed the contract and it is now on the way to the solicitors.
- And the irony is that I've just this minute been given a free membership to the local Holmes gym from my work.
- Okay, I just this minute finished watching the single most dishonest report I have ever seen on an official network evening news program.
- He's also, just this minute, taken delivery of a pair of binoculars with built in digital camera so will no doubt be playing with them for the next wee while.
- I only went up to January of 2005, because even if you just this minute found me, you should at least have read back a few weeks.
- Ah, but don't worry, I've just this minute received an email from the landlord in Ireland who has authorised me to send round an electrician.
- I'm just reaching the end of the working day and, believe it or not, I've only just this minute remembered that I have a weblog.
- I've just this minute had a surprise telephone interview to be on a TV quiz show on Monday.
- And I just this minute got a phone call from my sister informing me she's pregnant again.
- I just this minute blagged my way into an informal meeting tomorrow with the MD of a company I'd love to work for; it's in the business services sector.
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus 'made small'. The senses 'period of sixty seconds' and 'sixtieth of a degree' derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima 'first minute part'. English words spelled minute have two different pronunciations and entered English by different routes, but share an origin in Latin minutus ‘small’, the source also of mince, menu, and many other words. The closest to the original Latin sense is minute ‘small’. The minute referring to a period of 60 seconds comes through medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’. The use of minute in the minutes of a meeting goes back to the times before printing, when a scribe would make a rough version of a record or memorandum in ‘small writing’ (Latin scriptura minuta) before the fair copy was made in the more formal style of writing called ‘book hand’. See also hour, second
Rhymesinnit, linnet, sinnet acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute adjectiveminutest mʌɪˈnjuːtmaɪˈn(j)ut 1Extremely small. 微小的，异常小的，极小的 Example sentencesExamples - And there are too many books for more than a minute fraction to be reviewed or even briefly noticed in the metropolitan media.
- I sighed and made my decision; I slipped her my piece of paper with Tina's tiny minute writing.
- At any instant, we seem to be fully aware of only a minute fraction of the things that we could be aware of.
- The springs' colors changed, too, as minute particles of broken rock muddied the waters.
- Resuscitation may have dislodged it and allowed minute food particles to pass into the lower respiratory tract.
- Nothing whatsoever, not even the most minute particle, exists independently or permanently on its own.
- It was crafted in the shape of a spider, so that its minute legs would curl around her index finger, with tiny ruby eyes.
- A newborn baby has a tiny heart and minute organs, and there is no margin for error or carelessness.
- She bent her head towards the tiny thing and a minute sapphire winked at her from its head.
- The eye receives an impression, though it does not dispose of it, in a very minute fraction of a second.
- Steer tiny narrow boats around the canal and drive minute cars through the streets.
- The instant may perhaps be a minute fraction of a second and so it is difficult to give a blow or a grasp just that instant.
- Thus, the scattering force results only in a minute displacement of the microsphere out of the focal plane.
- The medical evidence was that pneumoconiosis is caused by a gradual accumulation in the lungs of minute particles of silica inhaled over a period of years.
- Saudi Arabia has more Red Sea coastline than any other nation, yet only a minute fraction is accessible to divers.
- Unfortunately, the presence of minute ore particles had a real impact on our attempt to photograph the ships.
- Forensic scientist Karol Higgins usually uses a microscope when looking for minute clues to help solve crimes.
- At the very least, any melt must represent a minute fraction of the mantle from which it formed.
- The lacquer contains minute ceramic particles which harden in the paintshop oven and form a barrier that's difficult to mar in any way.
- The human eye can detect only a minute fraction of 1 per cent of all electromagnetic energy - the visible spectrum.
Synonyms tiny, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature, baby, toy, midget, dwarf, pygmy, Lilliputian Scottish wee informal teeny, teeny-weeny, teensy, teensy-weensy, weeny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, eensy, eensy-weensy, tiddly, pint-sized, bite-sized, knee-high to a grasshopper British informal titchy North American informal little-bitty - 1.1 So small as to be insignificant.
微不足道的，无足轻重的 he will have no more than a minute chance of exercising influence 他发挥重要影响的机会很小。 Example sentencesExamples - A minute detail like this could have meant something else was in play.
- I can't imagine what it would be like to have every minute detail of my life become grist for public criticism and scrutiny.
- Due to time constraints, I am unable to reproduce every minute detail of my cobbler making.
- Large hands belong to people who are fond of fine work and like minute details.
- The book had potential, but it was lost in a myriad of minute details.
- I know far too many bits of minute trivia having to do with the Star Trek series and films.
- Every minute detail was made available at the stalls, and the company officials were present for giving more information.
- We're both ardent American fans of yours who enjoy obsessing over minute and insignificant details.
- Storage of even minute phonetic detail is suggested by another consideration.
- Every minute detail of constructing a scaffold is intrinsically important.
- Termed aptly as ‘Souls of Inferno’, the dance drama took every minute detail into account.
- Administrative officials should learn to delegate jobs to avoid being trapped into minute management details.
- It seemed cruel when there were so many minute details to remember, none of which were taught systematically.
- Sears' Gettysburg strikes a fair balance between the big picture and minute details.
- In some places this process was for a time so minute and insignificant that it escaped detection.
- I told Aziza every minute detail, about the angry Jewish slave and the pharaoh's reaction to the stories I told.
- For everything, every last structure, every minute detail, every smiling face, was false.
- Manchester United matched the form of Chelsea for the majority of that period, keeping them in with a minute chance of overtaking them in the title race.
- Pat Lee, the penciler, has an excellent eye for minute detail, which the Transformers sport in spades.
- Men focus first on minute detail, and operate most easily with a certain detachment.
Synonyms negligible, slight, infinitesimal, minimal, trifling, trivial, paltry, petty, insignificant, inappreciable informal piffling, piddling North American informal picayune - 1.2 (of an investigation or account) taking the smallest points into consideration; precise and meticulous.
（询问，调查，描述）仔细的；缜密的；明察秋毫的 a minute examination of the islands 对那些岛的仔细调查。 Example sentencesExamples - Any evidence recovered is then scrutinised in minute detail back at the laboratory.
- Examining a game in minute detail has its advantages but the big picture can easily be lost when taking such a view.
- Paul and Rosie had to undertake training sessions, and the whole family had to have their background examined in minute detail.
- Drive it, take it to pieces, and examine in minute detail.
- The evidence from document analysis is discussed in minute detail on numerous blogs.
- Nolan's new house is described in minute detail, from the bathtub to the airshaft.
- It was the kind of minute examination of the image or soundtrack that became all the rage in film studies.
- If it were, that book would already have been written, a finished work in minute detail.
- The small percipient eyes are screwed up, and wrinkled from his repeated minute scrutinies.
- He phoned the police and described his jacket in minute detail.
- Would'nt that be something to examine in minute detail!
- It explores, in minute detail, the making of this movie, and both individuals here are very engaging.
- In 22 articles with 138 clauses, the FIA has laid down in minute detail exactly how the cars should be designed.
- Such minute attention to textual detail is characteristic of the entire work.
- He said all aspects of the decision were examined in minute detail.
- A comprehensive scan will create an electronic image of the virtual relic which can be shared and analysed in minute detail by experts around the world.
- Each rack is suspended over a lake of thick black paint and dipped with minute precision so as to coat the very top of the pencil in a millimetre of black.
- The idiosyncrasies of Shakespeare's handwriting have been analysed in minute detail by palaeographers.
- His winning is no longer a story, his losing guarantees him a hard time and minute analysis of everything from his serve to his choice of coach.
- The pair had camped in the video room for most of the night, watching the security tapes with minute scrutiny.
Synonyms exhaustive, painstaking, systematic, meticulous, rigorous, scrupulous, punctilious, detailed close, fine, strict, exact, precise, accurate, critical
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'lesser', with reference to a tithe or tax): from Latin minutus 'lessened', past participle of minuere. nounˈmɪnɪtˈmɪnɪt 1minutesA summarized record of the proceedings at a meeting. 会议记录，议事录 Pat is taking the minutes Example sentencesExamples - The only written record are the minutes of the meeting taken by Mr Wilson.
- The minutes of the last meeting were read, followed by the treasurer's and sick visitor's reports.
- The minutes of the meeting record a two-minute silence, followed by a motion to close.
- When the meeting is over, the meeting minutes is already delivered to everyone's inbox.
- Before 1916 no minutes of Cabinet meetings or records of decisions were kept.
- It meets in secret and doesn't publish minutes or the voting record of its meetings.
- He posted the complete verbatim minutes of the meeting on the website of the Government.
- I want to make clear again that the minutes of the meeting will show that no clear position was reached on this.
- An asthma attack also forced the member taking minutes to leave the meeting early.
- All suggestions were recorded in the meeting minutes to be considered at the next meeting.
- No light is shed on the matter by considering the minutes of the meeting at which the report was presented.
- While there are meetings galore, the minutes, if any, are a perfunctory affair.
- The minutes of the meeting were recorded on the night and it can be seen from these that this is incorrect.
- Entitled Zenta Meeting, the minutes include clear references to potentially moving work to India.
- It is not difficult to take the minutes of the monthly meetings or to deal with the correspondence which lands on my doormat daily.
- Some of these records include membership, awards, salaries and minutes of meetings.
- Ousu has yet to publish the minutes of its various meetings which led to the no confidence motion being discussed.
- There, elected members could read minutes of council meetings and communicate with officers.
- Secretary has the normal secretarial work of convening meetings and recording minutes.
- The secretary summed it all up in the minutes of the meeting, after the vote to dismiss him had been passed.
Synonyms record(s), proceedings, log, notes, transactions, account transcript, summary, résumé 2An official memorandum authorizing or recommending a course of action. 备忘录 Example sentencesExamples - It is suggested that all the trustees unanimously sign the Financial Statements, or unanimously sign a Minute authorizing an individual to sign the Financial Statements on behalf of the trust.
- An office minute recommending dissolution of this forum to take effect from early April 2007 is being drafted for Second Commissioner approval.
verb ˈmɪnɪtˈmɪnɪt [with object]1Record (the proceedings of a meeting) 会议记录，议事录 the Secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting Example sentencesExamples - But it is minuted at an executive meeting that Safa's exco confirmed Eddie du Plooy - not Ace Kika.
- PHJ would otherwise have chaired and minuted Site Meetings, rather than Costain, as was in fact the case.
- Proceedings of the board are minuted and filed.
- Jackie Evans, committee manager, declared a personal interest because she had minuted the PIC meetings.
- None of these meetings was actually minuted, he said.
- As the meeting was not minuted, I wrote a letter to you after this meeting to ensure that there would be no misunderstanding.
- Be it in blue, green or red, greatness transcends all criticism, and even if in Old Trafford red, admiration of Ruud Van Nistelrooy must be minuted and passed by the committee.
- I have insisted that the autonomy of the editor must be fully protected by the Trust, which was minuted at the last meeting.
- Mr Mitchell remained unhappy that these fees had been agreed in advance of the meeting taking place, and requested that this point be minuted.
- Contrary to good practice and corporate governance, the meeting was not minuted and the discussions had taken place without the knowledge and/or authority of the board.
- Incredibly, not a single meeting is minuted, and no recordings are made.
- If this were to take place, it would be minuted in a council of ministers meeting, and it would be gazetted.
- Ms B says that much of what was discussed at the meeting was not minuted.
- There was a further discussion on this plan at a Board Meeting on 10 October 1997 at which it was minuted that Mr Deckman and Mr Saucier ‘noted that the strategy contemplated a much downsized and profitable operation’.
- He then asked her if she was still minuting the meeting and the other people in the room became uncomfortable and she was asked to leave.
- I don't recall who asked the question, or if the meeting was properly minuted, but the response was that the traffic model showed that Staverton would be a ‘pinch-point somewhere that drivers would avoid’.
- It would require all meetings between big business and those in administration to be minuted and available on government websites for public scrutiny.
- Strangely this failure to minute discussions was also mentioned in the Hinduja Report.
- It's not the sort of thing that's going to be minuted somewhere.
- The children run and minute these meetings themselves.
2Send a memorandum to (someone) look up the case and minute me about it 查看一下案件并把情况以备忘录方式告诉我。 Example sentencesExamples - Strangely enough, my executive minuted me that it was very upset about that, but it did not do a great deal about it.
- Private Secretary minuted me on 31 May to say that the Minister was sure this was the right approach.
OriginLate Middle English (in the singular in the sense 'note or memorandum'): from French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in ‘small writing’ (Latin scriptura minuta) as distinct from the fair copy in book hand. The verb dates from the mid 16th century. nounˈmɪnɪtˈminit 1A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour. （时间单位）分 he stood in the shower for twenty minutes 他在阵雨中站了20分钟。 in ten minutes' time he could be on his way 10分钟后，他可能上路了。 Example sentencesExamples - Keighley had to play the first ten minutes of the second period with only 14 men.
- McIntyre lifted his players during the half-time break but a glazing miss in the first minute of the second period could have proved costly.
- Irvine finally pulled ahead seven minutes into the second period, taking a lead they were not to relinquish.
- He re-appeared much later, in the ninth minute of the second period, but his impact was never the same.
- With just 11 minutes of the second period gone, though, a moment of magic turned the course of the match.
- An hour and twenty minutes after setting off for a forty minute drive I arrived.
- Neil Davis grabbed the only goal of the game six minutes into the second period.
- Why should people who have got incurable diseases or who are in pain every hour, every minute, every second of the day go on needlessly suffering?
- Brendan McGrath was the goal scorer for the winners nine minutes into the second period.
- At 11.40, an hour and twenty minutes later, normal service resumed on all three sites.
- McGoldrick's goal was a powerful finish in the 17th minute of the second period.
- The same player added his second and Black Swans fourth to complete the scoring five minutes into the second period.
- Just four minutes into the second period, Tramore probably took a deserving lead.
- Gavin Chapman came in with an overall time of four hours, twenty five minutes and nine seconds.
- It took me ten minutes short of two hours to get from Clifford Street to Askham Lane.
- Their only goal chance came in the 14th minute of the second period.
- Use different units: months, weeks and days, even hours, minutes and seconds.
- Murray notched his second score ten minutes into the second period, and thereafter any chance of a shock result had gone.
- Every business activity is timed in terms of hours, minutes, days, months, and years.
- In the sixth minute of the second period Christopher Kelly levelled matters when he scored from a free-kick.
- 1.1 The distance covered in sixty seconds by someone driving or walking.
驾车（或步行）一分钟的路程 the hotel is situated just ten minutes from the center of the resort 旅馆到旅游胜地中心仅10分钟路程。 Example sentencesExamples - It was about five minutes from the venue, so they would be able to make it back in time for the show.
- This house is within walking distance of the city centre, a few minutes from Herbert Park.
- I did a wee search online, and came up with the yoga place in E2, just 5 minutes from work.
- The village is 20 minutes from Chamonix and the cable-car to the top of the Aiguille du Midi mountain.
- If you're prepared to walk a few minutes from the harbour, car parking is free.
- A room at the hotel, which is minutes from the airport and city centre, costs around 55 dollars per night.
- Just 20 minutes from the airport, we are perched on top of a cone-shaped hill overlooking Kranj.
- The supermarket will be five minutes from my work and one minute from my home.
- Most hotels have a decent gym, or you can find a decent gym five minutes from the hotel in the big cities.
- Anne says her own partner's ashes were scattered in her village graveyard, just five minutes from where she lives.
- In total, it was 26 minutes from Hythe to the Guildhall - ferry good, ferry good indeed.
- I just book the car out, walk to the parking bay - two minutes from my front door - and go.
- Sunday we went to the seaside, as we are only 20 minutes from the coast.
- Hornby writes from a small flat two minutes from his beloved Highbury.
- No young child should have to attend a primary school 45 minutes walking distance away.
- The gas meter on the Jeep told him he had less than an eighth of a tank left but he was only about five minutes from home.
- I took a new sleeping pill as the plane took off, and when I opened my eyes, we were 40 minutes from landing.
- That thought had only occurred to Cain when they were a few minutes from Wenshi Town.
- Simon was reared on sporting diet of Eire Og, his home only minutes from Pairc Ui Bhriain.
- I used an agency in Varna to buy a lovely villa five minutes from Sunny Beach.
- 1.2informal A very short time.
〈非正式〉片刻，一会儿 come and sit down for a minute 来坐一会儿。 Example sentencesExamples - The network thought about it for a minute, which is never a good sign.
- I just saw it… I just gave it to someone to hold for a minute while I took a picture and it's gone.
- As soon as the captain heard this, he excused himself for a minute, went down into his cabin, and brought back a large Manila envelope.
- Luckliy he was and she asked him to pop over for a minute.
- For those who still aren't convinced, stop for a minute, look around and take the time to absorb all that this great campus has to offer.
- Think about the bit in the brackets for a minute.
- For a minute there I thought I was visiting my dad (who's lived there since 1980).
- And then, once they'd turned their backs for a minute to do something else, we could see my pizza catch fire and eventually blacken to a cinder.
- I puzzled for a minute, then gave a totally unconvincing answer.
- And that's when the other person got some hand puppets and asked Britney to sit down for a minute.
- He just wants to be by her bedside, just for a minute.
- Perhaps you ought to think about that for a minute as well.
- Let's listen to what she had to say and talk about this for a minute.
- Let's talk about that for a minute, about the oil, and what kind of problem that this is posing with regard to this cleanup.
- Let's step back for a minute, away from the heat, and look at the light.
- Well, let's get to Mohamed Atta for a minute because you mentioned him as well.
- Listen, you hang round here for a minute while I switch everything off, and then I won't have to come upstairs again.
- He was puzzled for a minute before he exploded into hard sobs.
- When I point this out to her, McCartney thinks for a minute.
- And if we - excuse me for a minute - and if we find a training camp, we'll take care of it.
Synonyms moment, short time, little while, second, bit, instant - 1.3 An instant or a point of time.
刻，时 she had been laughing one minute and crying the next 她一会儿笑一会儿哭。 Example sentencesExamples - It is amazing that your life can turn in an instant, one minute enjoying a social event, the next lying face down in the gutter, or in a cell somewhere.
- One minute you're angry and the next minute you're happy.
Synonyms point in time, point, moment, instant, time, juncture, stage
2A sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ). 分（角度量单位，符号：'） Example sentencesExamples - The table was based on a circle divided into 360 degrees with each degree divided into 60 minutes.
- Under ideal, bright conditions, the resolution of the human eye is about one minute of arc; performance falls off as scene brightness decreases.
- To have any chance of affecting a pilot's vision, a would-be terrorist would have to be capable of keeping the beam pointed to an accuracy of 3 minutes of arc, one-tenth the diameter of a Full Moon.
- He had just invented a new instrument: a prototype sextant with arms nearly six feet in length and a scale graduated to single minutes of arc.
- But Kepler found a discrepancy of eight minutes of arc between the observed and predicted positions of the planet.
Phrasesany minute (or at any minute) Example sentencesExamples - It's not just physical sense of oppression, the weight of crouching and cramping and digging in a narrow cave that could collapse at any minute, though that's there.
- I can't help thinking that the doorbell will ring at any minute, and upon opening the front door I will be greeted by a small group of unseasonably-clothed carol singers.
- Alex's voice held a strained edge, sounding as if it would break any minute.
- The doorbell will ring any minute, and soon the sockeye and I will be fork-tender.
- Lisa is such a draw that she threatens to capsize the entire film at any minute, making the premise too simple: only crazy people are sane, while you normal folks are just boring.
- There he was, hanging by one arm to a rock that looked ready to break off at any minute.
- I could feel the strain of her effort to be gentle, like I was going to break into pieces any minute.
- As I worked my way off the streets, one fear always lurked in my mind: my whole world could crumble at any minute, and I could lose everything.
- He started moving the books from the old, cheap shelves, which were threatening to break again at any minute.
- Yes, the table is set as though the guests are going to arrive at any minute, so you can imagine the different guests that Sand brought here.
Synonyms very soon, in a moment, in a second, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in no time, in less than no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long
(especially of the progress of a change) very rapidly. （尤指变化进程）迅速地，极快地 matters grew worse by the minute 事态迅速恶化。 Example sentencesExamples - The chances of getting back will grow dimmer by the minute.
- The snooping was forgotten as she started to skip around the room and grow more excited by the minute.
- There were bright lights around the entrance and the queue was growing longer by the minute.
- Already, the group of men that had surrounded them was growing smaller and smaller by the minute.
- The tempo of the game dropped as a result and Shelbourne grew more comfortable by the minute.
- Evening was closing in, the air grew crisper by the minute, and the wind quieted to a whisper.
- The consistency with which Celtic confound expectation grows more remarkable by the minute.
- Both girls laughed over this, but Margaret's face seemed to grow paler by the minute.
- The feeling grew stronger by the minute yet, each time, when he looked back, the road was deserted.
- Better, but I still had dark circles under my eyes, and my hair was looking worse by the minute.
1Used as a request to delay an action, departure, or decision for a short time, usually to allow the speaker to do something. 稍等片刻 wait a minute—I have to put my makeup on 稍等一下——我还要化妆。 Example sentencesExamples - Wait a minute - I have to go back and make sure that's what I actually saw.
- He stripped from his waist up, put on a black face, did about 20 minutes of the show and then said, wait a minute.
Synonyms be patient, wait a moment, wait a second, just a minute, just a moment, just a second, hold on 2As a prelude to a challenge, query, or objection. 且慢 just a minute—where do you think you're going? Example sentencesExamples - And I thought about it for a minute and said, wait a minute, there's a lot to be thankful for.
- Then you say, ‘wait a minute, wait a minute,’ and spend about 2 minutes playing devil's advocate.
- Wait a minute, wait a minute, doesn't BET also air a show called Comic View where on any given day any comedian could have two or three Michael Jackson jokes?
- Hey, wait a minute - how about the United Nations?
- I think when young people start to realize what Dumont is proposing, then they'll take a huge step back and go, ‘Whoa, wait a minute!’
- The less money you make - wait a minute, wait a minute - the less money you make, the less taxes you pay.
- But wait a minute, I hear you say; those tax cuts expire in 2010.
- You can see how there are some Americans who might look at this and say, wait a minute, it's branding the United States as the bad guy, when in fact the U.S. is trying to keep the bad people out.
- That was six months now and it's time to step back and say now wait a minute, what do these decisions mean?
- I think people step back and say wait a minute - who is running this thing and who is making the decisions?
the minute (or the minute that) let me know the minute he returns Example sentencesExamples - However the minute I was inside the shop I felt very self conscious and wrong.
- The original scared me to death the minute I heard the title spoken aloud.
- But, the minute Doc put pen to paper, it became politicised in the way that he frames and describes it.
- Now, as anyone who knows me will attest, the minute you make me an Official, I take my duties very seriously.
- Most sows are sent to the slaughter house the minute they can't reproduce babies.
- She was so scared of her family's reaction that she hid the pregnancy from it until the minute she went into labour.
- I regretted it all from the minute I saw it in the mirror until the minute it had fully grown back.
- But the minute the Americans pressed forward, they were fired at from another angle.
- There is usually plenty of heat the minute you walk outside the door of a tapas bar, provided you are in Spain and not Scotland.
- The clear message is: make sure the minute you experience these feelings, you call the helpline.
Synonyms at present, at the moment, at the present moment, at the present time, now, currently, this minute, presently
don't think for a minute that our pricing has affected our quality standards 千万不要认为我们的定价影响了我们的质量标准。 Example sentencesExamples - The lines still flow, the timing is there too, and not for a minute does anybody feel like we have been away for so long.
- And that would not surprise me in the least, not for a minute.
- I've certainly never resented all the training, not for a minute.
- I am not for a minute suggesting that young heirs follow a rigid, boot camp regime, but it would be helpful if times like Gap Years were made up of several partitions.
- In hindsight, I would not for a minute go back and say, ‘Gee, we should have gone slower so we could have had more forces built up behind us to control areas that we went past.’
- ‘I'm not for a minute suggesting that everything is right, but I find it difficult to see the general accusations that the Scottish Executive is ignoring the rural community,’ he told the Sunday Herald.
- That's not for a minute to assert that those without savings are in any way lesser parents, or that families that scrimp and save do not provide warm and loving homes.
- Your Honour, I was not for a minute suggesting that my client was more benevolent, only that others are in like position.
- I'm not for a minute proposing that you shouldn't be there on opening day, I'm simply suggesting that fishing will improve as we approach the middle of July.
- I'm not for a minute suggesting that ‘head in the sand’ is the best alternative, however.
this minute (or this very minute) informal At once; immediately. 立即，马上 pull yourself together this minute Example sentencesExamples - As Sara Cox said this morning: ‘JJ72, stop making all that pop music racket upstairs in your bedroom and come down here this minute… your tea's getting cold!’
- More photos here and please go here and buy their new EP right this minute.
- You come back here right this minute with that ring or I'll give you such a beating!
- I'm coming up to check this minute - switch that computer off immediately!
- Please address any complaints to the management, and get that damned squirrel out of here right this minute before it chews the sugar and dandelion centrepiece I've been working on since Tuesday!
- You had better straighten up right this minute or you'll go to bed without dinner.
- I have the Mel Blanc ‘Happy Birthday’ records, though not where I can get to them right this minute.
- I'm telling you folks - if that's what running up and down ladders does for your game I'm into Mackey's this minute to order one!
- Erin, get back here this minute!
- A powerful, bellowing voice says, ‘Get out of the house, this minute.’
Synonyms at once, immediately, directly, this moment, this second, instantly, straight away, right away, right now, without further ado, without more ado, forthwith
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’. adjectivemaɪˈn(j)utmīˈn(y)o͞ot 1Extremely small. 微小的，异常小的，极小的 a minute fraction of an inch Example sentencesExamples - At any instant, we seem to be fully aware of only a minute fraction of the things that we could be aware of.
- The springs' colors changed, too, as minute particles of broken rock muddied the waters.
- The eye receives an impression, though it does not dispose of it, in a very minute fraction of a second.
- Saudi Arabia has more Red Sea coastline than any other nation, yet only a minute fraction is accessible to divers.
- A newborn baby has a tiny heart and minute organs, and there is no margin for error or carelessness.
- The instant may perhaps be a minute fraction of a second and so it is difficult to give a blow or a grasp just that instant.
- Nothing whatsoever, not even the most minute particle, exists independently or permanently on its own.
- Steer tiny narrow boats around the canal and drive minute cars through the streets.
- Thus, the scattering force results only in a minute displacement of the microsphere out of the focal plane.
- She bent her head towards the tiny thing and a minute sapphire winked at her from its head.
- The medical evidence was that pneumoconiosis is caused by a gradual accumulation in the lungs of minute particles of silica inhaled over a period of years.
- Unfortunately, the presence of minute ore particles had a real impact on our attempt to photograph the ships.
- Resuscitation may have dislodged it and allowed minute food particles to pass into the lower respiratory tract.
- The lacquer contains minute ceramic particles which harden in the paintshop oven and form a barrier that's difficult to mar in any way.
- The human eye can detect only a minute fraction of 1 per cent of all electromagnetic energy - the visible spectrum.
- And there are too many books for more than a minute fraction to be reviewed or even briefly noticed in the metropolitan media.
- I sighed and made my decision; I slipped her my piece of paper with Tina's tiny minute writing.
- Forensic scientist Karol Higgins usually uses a microscope when looking for minute clues to help solve crimes.
- At the very least, any melt must represent a minute fraction of the mantle from which it formed.
- It was crafted in the shape of a spider, so that its minute legs would curl around her index finger, with tiny ruby eyes.
Synonyms tiny, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature, baby, toy, midget, dwarf, pygmy, lilliputian - 1.1 So small as to verge on insignificance.
微不足道的，无足轻重的 he will have no more than a minute chance of exercising significant influence 他发挥重要影响的机会很小。 Example sentencesExamples - Every minute detail of constructing a scaffold is intrinsically important.
- Every minute detail was made available at the stalls, and the company officials were present for giving more information.
- Manchester United matched the form of Chelsea for the majority of that period, keeping them in with a minute chance of overtaking them in the title race.
- Large hands belong to people who are fond of fine work and like minute details.
- Termed aptly as ‘Souls of Inferno’, the dance drama took every minute detail into account.
- The book had potential, but it was lost in a myriad of minute details.
- I can't imagine what it would be like to have every minute detail of my life become grist for public criticism and scrutiny.
- In some places this process was for a time so minute and insignificant that it escaped detection.
- A minute detail like this could have meant something else was in play.
- I know far too many bits of minute trivia having to do with the Star Trek series and films.
- Due to time constraints, I am unable to reproduce every minute detail of my cobbler making.
- For everything, every last structure, every minute detail, every smiling face, was false.
- Sears' Gettysburg strikes a fair balance between the big picture and minute details.
- It seemed cruel when there were so many minute details to remember, none of which were taught systematically.
- Men focus first on minute detail, and operate most easily with a certain detachment.
- We're both ardent American fans of yours who enjoy obsessing over minute and insignificant details.
- Pat Lee, the penciler, has an excellent eye for minute detail, which the Transformers sport in spades.
- I told Aziza every minute detail, about the angry Jewish slave and the pharaoh's reaction to the stories I told.
- Storage of even minute phonetic detail is suggested by another consideration.
- Administrative officials should learn to delegate jobs to avoid being trapped into minute management details.
Synonyms negligible, slight, infinitesimal, minimal, trifling, trivial, paltry, petty, insignificant, inappreciable - 1.2 (of an inquiry or investigation, or an account of one) taking the smallest points into consideration; precise and meticulous.
（询问，调查，描述）仔细的；缜密的；明察秋毫的 a minute examination of the islands 对那些岛的仔细调查。 Example sentencesExamples - Drive it, take it to pieces, and examine in minute detail.
- His winning is no longer a story, his losing guarantees him a hard time and minute analysis of everything from his serve to his choice of coach.
- The pair had camped in the video room for most of the night, watching the security tapes with minute scrutiny.
- Paul and Rosie had to undertake training sessions, and the whole family had to have their background examined in minute detail.
- In 22 articles with 138 clauses, the FIA has laid down in minute detail exactly how the cars should be designed.
- Nolan's new house is described in minute detail, from the bathtub to the airshaft.
- He phoned the police and described his jacket in minute detail.
- The idiosyncrasies of Shakespeare's handwriting have been analysed in minute detail by palaeographers.
- Each rack is suspended over a lake of thick black paint and dipped with minute precision so as to coat the very top of the pencil in a millimetre of black.
- Any evidence recovered is then scrutinised in minute detail back at the laboratory.
- It explores, in minute detail, the making of this movie, and both individuals here are very engaging.
- Examining a game in minute detail has its advantages but the big picture can easily be lost when taking such a view.
- A comprehensive scan will create an electronic image of the virtual relic which can be shared and analysed in minute detail by experts around the world.
- He said all aspects of the decision were examined in minute detail.
- Would'nt that be something to examine in minute detail!
- Such minute attention to textual detail is characteristic of the entire work.
- If it were, that book would already have been written, a finished work in minute detail.
- The evidence from document analysis is discussed in minute detail on numerous blogs.
- The small percipient eyes are screwed up, and wrinkled from his repeated minute scrutinies.
- It was the kind of minute examination of the image or soundtrack that became all the rage in film studies.
Synonyms exhaustive, painstaking, systematic, meticulous, rigorous, scrupulous, punctilious, detailed
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘lesser’, with reference to a tithe or tax): from Latin minutus ‘lessened’, past participle of minuere. nounˈmɪnɪtˈminit minutes1A summarized record of the proceedings at a meeting. 会议记录，议事录 Example sentencesExamples - All suggestions were recorded in the meeting minutes to be considered at the next meeting.
- Secretary has the normal secretarial work of convening meetings and recording minutes.
- No light is shed on the matter by considering the minutes of the meeting at which the report was presented.
- While there are meetings galore, the minutes, if any, are a perfunctory affair.
- The secretary summed it all up in the minutes of the meeting, after the vote to dismiss him had been passed.
- Some of these records include membership, awards, salaries and minutes of meetings.
- Ousu has yet to publish the minutes of its various meetings which led to the no confidence motion being discussed.
- The minutes of the meeting record a two-minute silence, followed by a motion to close.
- He posted the complete verbatim minutes of the meeting on the website of the Government.
- Before 1916 no minutes of Cabinet meetings or records of decisions were kept.
- It meets in secret and doesn't publish minutes or the voting record of its meetings.
- I want to make clear again that the minutes of the meeting will show that no clear position was reached on this.
- There, elected members could read minutes of council meetings and communicate with officers.
- The minutes of the last meeting were read, followed by the treasurer's and sick visitor's reports.
- It is not difficult to take the minutes of the monthly meetings or to deal with the correspondence which lands on my doormat daily.
- When the meeting is over, the meeting minutes is already delivered to everyone's inbox.
- Entitled Zenta Meeting, the minutes include clear references to potentially moving work to India.
- The minutes of the meeting were recorded on the night and it can be seen from these that this is incorrect.
- An asthma attack also forced the member taking minutes to leave the meeting early.
- The only written record are the minutes of the meeting taken by Mr Wilson.
Synonyms record, records, proceedings, log, notes, transactions, account - 1.1 An official memorandum authorizing or recommending a course of action.
备忘录 Example sentencesExamples - It is suggested that all the trustees unanimously sign the Financial Statements, or unanimously sign a Minute authorizing an individual to sign the Financial Statements on behalf of the trust.
- An office minute recommending dissolution of this forum to take effect from early April 2007 is being drafted for Second Commissioner approval.
verbˈmɪnɪtˈminit [with object]Record or note (the proceedings of a meeting or a specified item among such proceedings) 将（会议事项）记入议事录，记录 the Secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting Example sentencesExamples - Proceedings of the board are minuted and filed.
- I don't recall who asked the question, or if the meeting was properly minuted, but the response was that the traffic model showed that Staverton would be a ‘pinch-point somewhere that drivers would avoid’.
- Incredibly, not a single meeting is minuted, and no recordings are made.
- Contrary to good practice and corporate governance, the meeting was not minuted and the discussions had taken place without the knowledge and/or authority of the board.
- If this were to take place, it would be minuted in a council of ministers meeting, and it would be gazetted.
- None of these meetings was actually minuted, he said.
- He then asked her if she was still minuting the meeting and the other people in the room became uncomfortable and she was asked to leave.
- Ms B says that much of what was discussed at the meeting was not minuted.
- There was a further discussion on this plan at a Board Meeting on 10 October 1997 at which it was minuted that Mr Deckman and Mr Saucier ‘noted that the strategy contemplated a much downsized and profitable operation’.
- Be it in blue, green or red, greatness transcends all criticism, and even if in Old Trafford red, admiration of Ruud Van Nistelrooy must be minuted and passed by the committee.
- I have insisted that the autonomy of the editor must be fully protected by the Trust, which was minuted at the last meeting.
- As the meeting was not minuted, I wrote a letter to you after this meeting to ensure that there would be no misunderstanding.
- It's not the sort of thing that's going to be minuted somewhere.
- Strangely this failure to minute discussions was also mentioned in the Hinduja Report.
- It would require all meetings between big business and those in administration to be minuted and available on government websites for public scrutiny.
- The children run and minute these meetings themselves.
- PHJ would otherwise have chaired and minuted Site Meetings, rather than Costain, as was in fact the case.
- Jackie Evans, committee manager, declared a personal interest because she had minuted the PIC meetings.
- But it is minuted at an executive meeting that Safa's exco confirmed Eddie du Plooy - not Ace Kika.
- Mr Mitchell remained unhappy that these fees had been agreed in advance of the meeting taking place, and requested that this point be minuted.
OriginLate Middle English (in the singular in the sense ‘note or memorandum’): from French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in ‘small writing’ ( Latin scriptura minuta) as distinct from the fair copy in book hand. The verb dates from the mid 16th century. |