minority的意思

基本释义

• n 少数民族；少数派；未成年

  a small group of people or things within a much larger group

• adj 少数的；属于少数派的

例句

1. Gaelic is still spoken in Ireland by a tiny minority.

   爱尔兰仍有极少数人在说盖尔语。

2. Only a minority of British households do〔does〕not have a car.

   英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。

3. The minority is subordinate to the majority.

   少数服从多数。

4. The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.

   全国想要和平,只有少数人希望战争持续下去。

5. The interests of the minorities should be protected.

   少数民族的利益应该得到保护。

短语

• ethnic minority 少数民族
• minority nationality 少数民族
• national minority 少数民族
• minority group 少数群体，少数群
• minority language 少数民族语言；少数人的语言；小语种

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英英释义

noun 1. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts e.g. when the vote was taken they were in the minority he held a minority position 2. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part 3. any age prior to the legal age Synonym: nonage

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