minority

美[maɪ'nɔːrəti] 英[maɪ'nɒrəti]

n. 少数；少数民族；未成年

名词复数：minorities

近义词：section，faction，smaller，nonage，interestgroup，subgroup，sector，component，element，handful，underground，alternative，marginal，contingent，sectional，side，pressure，lesser，juniority，girlhood，childhood，infancy，pupilage，adolescence，boyhood，juvenility，youth，ethnicgroup，part，less，than，half，ethnic，group，majority，

详细释义

n.(名词)

少数，少数人，占少数，小部分
少数派，少数群（体），少数党，成为少数派，少数信仰不同的人
少数民族
【律】未成年（时期），未成年身份，未到法定成年期
较少票数，少数票
唯一持不同意见者，唯一投此票者

adj.(形容词)

少数的
属于少数派的

双解释义

n.(名词)

[S]少数,小部分 the smaller number or part; less than half
[C]少数民族,少数信仰不同的人 a small part of a population which is different from the rest in race, religion, etc.

英英释义

Noun

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;
"when the vote was taken they were in the minority" "he held a minority position"
any age prior to the legal age

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用作名词(n.)

Only a minority of British households do not have a car.英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
A small minority voted against the motion.投票反对该提议的人占少数。
The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by (a) plebiscite.该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决。
There are 56 minorities in our country.我国有56个少数民族。
The nationality of the minority groups in that country is still at issue.在那个国家的少数民族的国籍问题上仍有争论。
He is in his minority.他尚未成年。

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n.(名词)

minority

常见错误

n.(名词)

他是与会者当中唯一的少数民族代表。
误 He was the only minority who attended the meeting.
正 He was the only minority representative who attended the meeting.
析minority作“少数民族”解时不能指某少数民族中的具体的人。

minority

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