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

• Leaving aside the tiny minority who are clinically depressed, most people who have bad moods also have very good moods
  撇开极少数临床抑郁症患者不谈，大多数情绪低落的人也有心情非常愉快的时候。
• 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。
• Although the Yakutians are a minority, they have firm control of the territory
  尽管雅库特人是少数民族，但他们却牢牢地掌控着这块版图。
• Such persons are certainly in the minority.
  这种人当然占少数。
• These children are only a small minority.
  这些孩子只是很少的一部分。
• This has helped increase the numbers of lower income and minority students.
  这已经帮助增加了低收入和未成年学生的数量。
• 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。
• 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。
• We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs
  我们不能拿少数这几个人作为一种方便的借口而对此置之不理。
• 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。