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minority美 [maɪ'nɔrəti] 英 [maɪ'nɒrəti] - n.少数民族；少数人；未成年；少数派
- 网络少数族裔；少数族群
adj.+n. small minority,ethnic minority,national minority,tiny minority,substantial minority v.+n. represent minority,deprive minority n. section,faction,interest group,subgroup,sector adj. underground,alternative,marginal,sectional,pressure 1. | [singspv] 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，只有极少数学生对政治感兴趣。 | | minority shareholders in the bank 银行的少数股东 |
2. | [c] 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 | | | | 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 |
3. | [u] 未成年the state of being under the age at which you are legally an adult |
n. | 1. a group of people or things that is a small part of a much larger group 2. a group that has fewer votes in an organization than another group or groups 3. a group of people, within a society, whose members have different ethnic, racial, national, religious, sexual, political, linguistic, or other characteristics from the rest of society 4. an offensive term for a member of a minority group 5. the state or period of being younger than the legal age of adulthood 6. the period of time before someone is legally an adult 1. a group of people or things that is a small part of a much larger group 2. a group that has fewer votes in an organization than another group or groups 3. a group of people, within a society, whose members have different ethnic, racial, national, religious, sexual, political, linguistic, or other characteristics from the rest of society 4. an offensive term for a member of a minority group 5. the state or period of being younger than the legal age of adulthood 6. the period of time before someone is legally an adult | adj. | 1. relating to or constituting a minority 2. an offensive term meaning belonging to, used or inhabited by, or involving a particular group of people within society who are different from the majority, especially ethnically or racially different 3. belonging to or relating to a minority that is different in race, religion, or culture from most of the population |
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