| 词汇 | minority |
| 释义 | minority 2 ENTRIES FOUND: minority (noun) minority leader (noun) minority /məˈnorəti/ noun plural minorities minority /məˈnorəti/ noun plural minorities Learner's definition of MINORITY 1 [singular] : a number or amount that is less than half of a total少数；小部分 The proposal is opposed by a minority of voters.这项提议被少数选民反对。 2 [singular] : the group that is the smaller part of a larger group少数派；小团体 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。 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。 3 [count] a : a group of people who are different from the larger group in a country, area, etc., in some way (such as race or religion)（种族、宗教信仰等）少数群体；少数族裔 the country's ethnic minorities国内的少数民族 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。 b chiefly US : a member of such a group少数群体成员；少数民族成员 — usually plural通常用复数 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。 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。 4 [noncount] law : the time or period when a person is not yet old enough to have the full rights of an adult未成年时期 — compare majority 3 — minority adjective, always used before a noun Republicans/Democrats are the minority party in the Senate.共和党/民主党是参议院中的少数党。 a minority group少数族裔群体 |
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