minority

英 [maɪˈnɒrəti]

美 [maɪˈnɔːrəti]

n.  少数; 少数派; 少数人; 少数民族; 少数群体; 未成年

复数：minorities　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.2106 / COCA.1633

习惯用语

n.

be in a/the minority
• 占少数；成为少数派
  to form much less than half of a large group
be in a minority of one
• 是唯一持不同意见者；是唯一投此票者
  to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular way

牛津词典

noun

• 少数；少数派；少数人
  the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group
  1. Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.
     目前，只有极少数同学对政治感兴趣。
  2. minority shareholders in the bank
     银行的少数股东
• 少数派；少数民族；少数群体
  a small group within a community or country that is different because of race, religion, language, etc.
  1. the rights of ethnic/racial minorities
     少数民族 / 族裔的权利
  2. minority languages
     少数民族语言
  3. a large German-speaking minority in the east of the country
     在国家东部一个人口众多的讲德语的少数民族
  4. The school is 95 per cent minority (= 95 per cent of children are not white Americans but from different groups) .
     这所学校里95%的学生来自少数族裔。
  5. minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)
     有色种族聚居区
• 未成年
  the state of being under the age at which you are legally an adult

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 少数; 少数派
  If you talk about aminorityof people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half.
  1. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers...
     当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。
  2. These children are only a small minority.
     这些孩子只是很少的一部分。
  3. ...minority shareholders.
     少数股东
• N-COUNT 少数民族；少数群体
  Aminorityis a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion.
  1. ...the region's ethnic minorities...
     这个地区的少数民族
  2. Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty...
     学生要求聘请更多女教师和少数民族族裔的老师。
  3. A final settlement must respect minority rights.
     最终的解决方案必须尊重少数群体的权利。

英英释义

noun

• being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
  1. when the vote was taken they were in the minority
  2. he held a minority position
• a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
• any age prior to the legal age
  Synonym:nonage

双语例句

• Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.
  我们的提案尽量照顾到少数群体的特殊需要。
• The article introduced the basic circumstances and Developing Countermeasure of the minority nationality education in Heilongjiang province.
  摘要本文介绍了黑龙江省少数民族教育的基本情况和发展对策。
• The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.
  国家要和平，只有少数人要战争继续下去。
• Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
  只有少数人支持这场革命。
• The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.
  少数民族占人口的百分之六。
• It was a salutary experience to be in the minority
  敌众我寡时倒是可以磨炼人。
• The young boys of the Wei minority beat the Jie drum and danced a welcome dance.
  维族的小伙子打起了羯鼓，跳起了欢迎舞。
• The minority is subordinate to the majority.
  少数服从多数。
• These children are only a small minority.
  这些孩子只是很少的一部分。
• There is a crying need for more magistrates from the ethnic minority communities.
  亟须更多来自少数民族群体的治安官。