专题:
无论简写还是不简写，复数都要加s。例如：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, 仔细而准确的。例：2 minutes.
Minute词语用法
* minute 突出强调彻底的和细致入微的，不管重要与否，不放过任何极小的细节。
常见词组:
minute detail/analysis/examination/observation
例句：
Your descriptions are often more minute than will be liked.
你的描述往往比人们喜欢的还要详细很多。
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，告诉你应该对他们说什么。
Detailed
* detailed 强调拥有大量的、丰富的细节，而非细节的完整性。
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，我们已经在约克郡的这个地区做了一些详细的农业调查。
As a result the law relating to local government had become very detailed.
结果，地方政府的相关法律已经非常详细了。
Circumstantial
*circumstantial 指在确定的时间、地点内所发生的事作准确、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.
要想了解这个牛津故事诗的详情，需要有一个博闻广识的头脑。
There survives a long and highly circumstantial account of his conversation with the Queen when he was newly a professor at Sheffield.
在他刚成为谢菲尔德大学的教授时，他与女王的谈话有一长段详尽的描述。