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

• 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。
• It was a salutary experience to be in the minority
  敌众我寡时倒是可以磨炼人。
• 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。
• Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
  在精神病患者中，只有一小部分有可能会伤害自己或他人。
• Such persons are certainly in the minority.
  这种人当然占少数。
• A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
  少数官员准备篡改规则。
• These policies and measures have greatly promoted the economic development of ethnic minority areas ( see Table 3).
  这些政策和措施有力地促进了少数民族地区的经济发展（见表三）。
• We will increase support for old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and poverty-stricken areas.
  加强对革命老区、民族地区、边疆地区和贫困地区的支持。
• The minority is subordinate to the majority.
  少数服从多数。
• Also, the state has provided active support for the development and application of ethnic minority traditional medicine.
  国家积极扶持对少数民族医药的开发和应用。