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

• Only a minority of British households do 〔 does 〕 not have a car.
  英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
• 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。
• 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。
• We will increase educational support for ethnic minorities and ethnic minority areas.
  加大对少数民族和民族地区教育的支持。
• 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。
• 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）。
• The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.
  少数民族占人口的百分之六。
• The government seems not to be troubled by its inconsistent policies on minority rights
  政府好像并不觉得其在少数民族权利问题上政策的前后不一有什么不妥。
• The rise of racism concerns Sikhs because they are such a visible minority.
  种族主义的抬头让锡克教徒很担忧，因为他们是力量非常薄弱的少数群体。
• These children are only a small minority.
  这些孩子只是很少的一部分。