minority

[mai'nɔ:riti]

n.少数, 少数民族, 未成年

n.

1. 少数[the S][G]

Only a minority of the class voted for the plan.

班里只有少数学生投票赞成这项计划。

2. 少数派; 少数群; 少数民族[C][G]

a law to protect religious minorities

保护宗教上少数派的法令

3. 未成年; 未成年身份[U]

He will inherit the money when he has passed his minority.

他达到法定年龄时即可继承这笔钱。

词形变化

名词复数: minorities |

词义辨析

同义:

n.少数, 少数票

smaller part  less than half  handful

n.少数派, 少数民族

faction  contingent  section  side  ethnic group

n.未成年, 未到法定年龄

nonage  juniority  pupilage  infancy  childhood  girlhood  boyhood  adolescence  juvenility  

同义参见:

youth  

反义:

n.少数; 未成年

majority  

英英释义

名词 minority:

a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts

any age prior to the legal age

同义词：nonage

短语词组

in a/the minority

1. 处于少数的

Artistic people are in a tiny minority in this country.

爱好艺术的人在这个国家只占少数。

补充

minorityminority英:[maiˈnɔriti] 美:[məˈnɔrɪti, -ˈnɑr-, maɪ-]n.1.少数, 小部分Only a minority of British households do not have a car.英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。2.少数民族, 少数信仰不同的人The interests of the minorities should be protected.少数民族的利益应该得到保护。

例句

1. These children are only a small minority.这些孩子只是很少的一部分。 2. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority.即使是在20世纪60年代, 政治上活跃的学生和大学教师也是少数。 3. In the past conservatives have been in the minority.过去保守派一直占少数。 4. Only a small minority of children get a chance to benefit from this.只有一小部分孩子有机会受益于此。 5. In a tiny minority of cases mistakes have been made.在极少数情况下出了差错。 6. popular distrust of a racial minority对少数民族的普遍不信任 7. a religious minority, not an ethnic one一个少数派宗教团体, 而非少数民族 8. Castile, who was regent of France during his minority尚未成年便成为法国摄政王的卡斯蒂耶 9. Labour had been a minority government for three years.工党组建的少数党政府已执政3年了。 10. politically correct language about minority groups在提及少数民族群体时所用的政治上正确的语言 11. minority shareholders少数股东 12. harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders.对少数违规十分严重者的更严厉措施。 13. [as modifier]a minority party.少数党。 14. a blocking minority of 23 votes.少数党阻碍（议案）的23票。 15. representatives of ethnic minorities.少数民族代表。 16. [as modifier]minority rights.少数民族权利。 17. Only a minority of teenagers become/becomes involved in crime.青少年当中，只有一小部份参与犯罪。 18. Men are in the minority in the teaching profession.男性在教师职业占少数。 19. The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.这项提议被少数选民反对。 20. The Republicans/Democrats are now the minority in the Senate.共和党/民主党现在是参议院中的少数派。 21. Opponents of the new law appear to be in the minority. [=there are fewer people who oppose the new law than who support it]反对这条新法律的人占少数。 22. the country's ethnic minorities国内的少数民族 23. The group is becoming an influential minority in the community.这群人正成为该社区有影响力的少数群体。 24. The college encouraged women and minorities to apply.那所大学鼓励女性和少数族裔提出就读申请。 25. The company is making an effort to hire more minorities.公司正努力雇佣更多的少数族裔成员。 26. Republicans/Democrats are the minority party in the Senate.共和党/民主党是参议院中的少数党。 27. a minority group少数族裔群体