Minor League

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT In baseball, a minor league is a professional league that is not one of the major leagues. 職業(yè)棒球次級(jí)聯(lián)盟[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [oft N n]
In 1952, there were 43 minor leagues and 324 teams nationwide. 1952年，全國(guó)共有職業(yè)棒球次級(jí)聯(lián)盟43個(gè)，棒球隊(duì)324個(gè)。
After military service he played some minor league baseball. 退伍後，他蓡加了一些職業(yè)棒球次級(jí)聯(lián)盟的比賽。
2. ADJ Minor-league people are not very important or not very successful. 次要的; 二流的; 不怎麼成功的[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
...minor-league celebrities. ...二流明星。
His economic team is minor-league compared with the heavy hitters such as Robert Rubin who advised Bill Clinton. 和諸如羅伯特·魯賓這類(lèi)爲(wèi)比爾·尅林頓出謀劃策的顯赫人物相比，他的經(jīng)濟(jì)顧問(wèn)組顯得有些遜色。