the majors

the majors — 慣用語

1. the highest level of professional baseball in the United States, made up of the

1.慣用語B2
釋義

大聯盟

美國職棒最高層級賽事

the highest level of professional baseball in the United States, made up of the best teams that compete against each other for a national championship.

例句

Daichi spent six years in the minors before getting called up to the majors at twenty-four.

Daichi 在小聯盟打了六年，後來在二十四歲時被升上大聯盟。

collocation: called up to the majors

When Folake retired from the majors, she had played over fifteen hundred games in eighteen seasons.

Folake 從大聯盟退休時，已在十八個球季中出賽超過一千五百場。

collocation: retired from the majors

同義詞
反義詞
  • the minors

    the lower levels of professional baseball below the majors

  • the minor leagues

    the full name for the development leagues beneath the majors

文法句型

the + majors + [plural verb]

用法筆記

Always used with the definite article 'the'. This idiom is specific to baseball; outside sports contexts it can be used figuratively to mean the highest level of competition or achievement in any field, but the baseball origin is usually still felt.

常見錯誤

❌He plays in majors now.
✅He plays in the majors now.
💡the definite article 'the' is required.