min.i.mal.ism

minimalism的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈminəməˌlizəm]
KK音标发音： [ˈmɪnəməˌlɪzəm]

minimalism的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A school of abstract painting and sculpture that emphasizes extreme simplification of form, as by the use of basic shapes and monochromatic palettes of primary colors, objectivity, and anonymity of style.Also called ABC art, minimal art, reductivism, rejective art
极简抽象主义：抽象派绘画和雕塑的一个流派，强调对形式的极端简化，如使用基本形状、原色中的单色且讲究客观性而不讲究风格也作 ABC art， minimal art， reductivism， rejective art

2. Use of the fewest and barest essentials or elements, as in the arts, literature, or design.
在艺术、文学或设计中只使用最少的基本成份和要素

3. Music A school or mode of contemporary music marked by extreme simplification of rhythms and patterns, prolonged chordal or melodic repetitions, and often the achievement of a throbbing, trancelike effect.
【音乐】 极简派音乐：当代音乐的一个流派或形态，以其极端简化的节奏和形式、延长的和弦和旋律重复为特征，其经常能产生一种震颤的使人出神的效果