| 单词 | minority |
| 释义 | minority n 1 (a) [CGp] (usu sing 通常作单数) smaller number or part (esp of people voting or of votes cast) 少数（尤指投票者或票数） Only a minority of British households do/does not have a car. 英国只有少数家庭没有汽车. A small minority voted against the motion. 投票反对该动议的人占少数. [attrib 作定语] a minority vote, opinion, point of view, etc, ie one cast, held, etc by a smaller number of people 少数人的票、 意见、 观点等. (b) [C] small group in a community, nation, etc, differing from others in race, religion, language, etc （一社区、 国家等, 其中种族、 宗教, 语言等异於他人的）小团体, 少数 the rights of ethnic minorities 少数民族的权利 [attrib 作定语] belong to a minority group 属於少数人团体的 minority rights 少数派的权利. Cf 参看 majority. 2 [U] (law 律) state or period of being a minor 未成年 be in one´s minority, eg under 18 in the UK 尚未成年（如在英国为18岁以下）. 3 (idm 习语) be in a/the minority be in the smaller of esp two voting groups 是少数派（尤指在投票的两部分人中） We´re in the minority, ie More people are against us than with us. 我们是少数派. I´m in a minority of one, ie No one agrees with me. 我是唯一的少数派. |
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