1 N-SING 少数; 少数派 If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. 少数; 少数派
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Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers. [+ of]
当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。
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These children are only a small minority.
这些孩子只是很少的一部分。
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...minority shareholders.
少数股东
If people are
in a minority or
in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group.
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Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority.
即使在20世纪60年代，热衷于政治的学生与大学教师也是少数。
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In the past conservatives have been in the minority.
过去保守派一直占少数。
2 N-COUNT 少数民族；少数群体 A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion. 少数民族；少数群体
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...the region's ethnic minorities.
这个地区的少数民族
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Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty.
学生要求聘请更多女教师和少数民族族裔的老师。
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A final settlement must respect minority rights.
最终的解决方案必须尊重少数群体的权利。
| Word Partnership | Use minority with: |
| N. | minority leader, minority party 1 minority applicants, minority community, minority group, minority population, minority students, minority voters, minority women 1 |
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