无论是简写还是不简写，复数都要加s。比如10minutes=10mins。.minute[n.]分, 分钟, 片刻, 一瞬间, 备忘录, 笔记；vt.记录, 摘录, 测定时间；adj.微小的, 详细的, 细致准确。例子:2 minutes.
Minute词语用法
* minute 强调彻底细致的细节，无论重要与否，都不要错过任何极小的细节。
常见词组:
minute detail/analysis/examination/observation
例句：
Your descriptions are often more minute than will be liked.
你的描述通常比人们喜欢的要详细得多。
So they gave me minute instructions about what you should say to them.
所以他们给了我详细的指示，告诉你该对他们说什么。
Detailed
* detailed 强调细节的丰富性，而不是细节的完整性。
常见词组:
Detailed description/investigation/explanation/plan
例句:
We have in fact done some detailed agricultural surveys in this area of York.
事实上，我们已经在约克郡进行了一些详细的农业调查。
As a result the law relating to local government had become very detailed.
因此，地方政府的相关法律已经非常详细。
Circumstantial
*circumstantial 指在确定的时间和地点内发生的事情的准确、详细的描述、叙述或报告。
常见搭配:
circumstantial account/detail/statement/fact/note
例句：
An informed mind is needed to appreciate the circumstantial detail of this Oxford fabliau.
要了解这首牛津故事诗的细节，你需要有一个广为人知的头脑。
There survives a long and highly circumstantial account of his conversation with the Queen when he was newly a professor at Sheffield.
当他在30天内成为谢菲尔德大学的教授时，他对女王的谈话有了长期而详细的描述。
