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
高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM4TEM8
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- 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。 - minority shareholders in the bank
银行的少数股东
- Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.
- 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.- the rights of ethnic/racial minorities
少数民族 / 族裔的权利 - minority languages
少数民族语言 - 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 - 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。 - minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)
有色种族聚居区
- the rights of ethnic/racial minorities
- 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.- 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。 - These children are only a small minority.
这些孩子只是很少的一部分。 - ...minority shareholders.
少数股东
- Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers...
- 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.- ...the region's ethnic minorities...
这个地区的少数民族 - 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。 - 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。
- ...the region's ethnic minorities...
英英释义
noun
- being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
- when the vote was taken they were in the minority
- 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
双语例句
- 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 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。 - Only a minority of British households do 〔 does 〕 not have a car.
英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。 - 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。 - Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.
美国的少数民族文化经常引发跨文化冲突问题。 - The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.
少数民族占人口的百分之六。 - 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。 - They are in a decided minority.
他们明显于少数。