n.
少数；少数民族；未成年 名词复数：minoritiesminority详解释义
minority双解释义
minority
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
*持不同意见者，*投此票者
adj.(形容词)少数的
属于少数派的
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.
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
minority词语用法
minority例句
minority常见错误
n.(名词)minority作“少数,小部分”解时,是*名词,常用于单数形式。minority在句中作主语时,其谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。minority作“少数民族”解时是可数*名词,不能用来指少数民族中的某一个人,而指的是整个民族,因此minorities表示的是“几种少数民族”,而不是某一少数民族中的几个人。minority在句中可用作定语。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*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。
他是与会者当中*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近义词
section faction smaller nonage interest group subgroup sector component element handful underground alternative marginal contingent sectional side pressure lesser juniority girlhood childhood infancy pupilage adolescence boyhood juvenility youth ethnic group part less than half ethnic group majority