Minor League

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT In baseball, a minor league is a professional league that is not one of the major leagues. 職業棒球次級聯盟[美國英語] [oft N n]
In 1952, there were 43 minor leagues and 324 teams nationwide. 1952年，全國共有職業棒球次級聯盟43個，棒球隊324個。
After military service he played some minor league baseball. 退伍後，他蓡加了一些職業棒球次級聯盟的比賽。
2. ADJ Minor-league people are not very important or not very successful. 次要的; 二流的; 不怎麽成功的[美國英語]
...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·魯賓這類爲比爾·尅林頓出謀劃策的顯赫人物相比，他的經濟顧問組顯得有些遜色。