minority
英 [maɪ'nɒrɪtɪ; mɪ-]
美[maɪ'nɔrəti]
- n. 少数民族；少数派；未成年
- adj. 少数的；属于少数派的
英英释意
- 1. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- 2. 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"
- 3. any age prior to the legal age
双语例句
- 1. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
- 少数官员准备篡改规则。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
- 只有少数人支持这场革命。
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- 3. In the past conservatives have been in the minority.
- 过去保守派一直占少数。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
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