minorities

英 [maɪˈnɒrɪtiz]

美 [maɪˈnɔrətiz]

n.  少数; 少数派; 少数人; 少数民族; 少数群体; 未成年
minority的复数

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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。

双语例句

• Besides, this characteristic is also found in the mountain songs of the ethnic minorities in this region.
  此外。这一地区流传的各少数民族的山歌也都大体上具有这种特色。
• The interests of the minorities should be protected.
  少数民族的利益应该得到保护。
• Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs.
  工作机会少常常会怪到少数民族头上。
• The ethnic minorities will be effectively stateless.
  少数民族人士实际上将沦为无国籍的人。
• Girls and ethnic minorities were particularly disadvantaged, and they were the main beneficiaries of the project.
  女童和少数民族学生尤其处于弱势地位，而他们是本项目的主要受益人。
• Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice and poverty.
  少数族裔努力与歧见和贫穷奋战。
• Various customs are current among the national minorities.
  少数民族中流传着不同的风俗。
• 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。
• They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities.
  他们只有通过内战才能将意志强加给少数派。
• Ethnic minorities 'traditional culture is protected and flourishing.
  少数民族传统文化得到保护和光大。