minority
n. 少数；少数民族；未成年
名词复数：minorities
近义词：section，faction，smaller，nonage，interestgroup，subgroup，sector，component，element，handful，underground，alternative，marginal，contingent，sectional，side，pressure，lesser，juniority，girlhood，childhood，infancy，pupilage，adolescence，boyhood，juvenility，youth，ethnicgroup，part，less，than，half，ethnic，group，majority，
详细释义
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
- 唯一持不同意见者，唯一投此票者
adj.(形容词)
- 少数的
- 属于少数派的
双解释义
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.
英英释义
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
例句
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.在那个国家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。
词语用法
n.(名词)
- minority作“少数,小部分”解时,是集合名词,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”解时是可数集合名词,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。
常见错误
n.(名词)
- 他是与会者当中唯一的少数民族代表。
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。