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单词 minority
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Definition of minority in English:

minority

nounPlural minorities mɪˈnɒrɪtimʌɪˈnɒrɪtiməˈnɔrədi
  • 1The smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole.

    少数

    only a minority of properties are rented
    those who acknowledge his influence are in the minority
    as modifier a minority party

    少数党。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And for the minority of people who can't, having restricted licensing hours is highly unlikely to deter them.
    • The group is regarded as a fundamentalist organisation representing the views of the minority of Muslims.
    • Nevertheless, even though it may only be a small minority of young people who are going off the rails, the report reveals much that is worrying.
    • He claimed those allegedly involved represented a very small minority of the district's Asian community.
    • Only a minority of organizing campaigns use such tactics effectively, she says.
    • These laws are aimed at the minority of annoying customers and not at the lovely ones.
    • There would appear to be a whole range of compatibility issues with small programs that a minority of users have on their computer.
    • It is only in a minority of cases that the problem is stress-related.
    • Focusing on a minority of more profitable brands that are believed to have the greatest growth potential will actually help retailers.
    • The A-level of old had a specific function: to test the minority of young people who would go on to higher education.
    • So it looks as if, for the foreseeable future, unfurnished properties will comprise a tiny minority of the private rented market.
    • There would be only a tiny minority of Australians who would not support tough action being taken against terrorists.
    • The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business.
    • How do we detect the minority of patients who really would be frightened?
    • Perhaps because it got it from the founder of the state of Bulgaria, it is one of a minority of Sofia streets never to have been renamed.
    • Today, only a minority of islands bother with cutting peats.
    • There is overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust was real, yet a minority of ideologically driven historians still deny it.
    • Operative repair is necessary for the minority of cases that don't respond to splinting.
    • It is an option only suited to a minority of tourists - independent travellers, prepared to rough it and able to speak Spanish.
    • Throughout this period, there had always been a minority of rebels who challenged the rule of the clock.
    1. 1.1 The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly.
      (议会)少数党得(或投)的票
      a blocking minority of 23 votes

      少数党阻碍(议案)的23票。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This means that a minority of just 26 votes can block a decision.
      • The balance of voting in the Council of Ministers had, up to this point, meant that a 'blocking minority' of 23 votes was required.
    2. 1.2 A small group of people within a community or country, differing from the main population in race, religion, language, or political persuasion.
      少数民族
      ethnic minorities
      as modifier minority rights
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The main Canadian minorities have better social conditions and benefit from a different pattern of government transfers to the poor.
      • It wasn't even welfare reform, because that was popular with minorities.
      • No wonder we never hear of any member of the minority community ever holding any position of importance in these countries.
      • Equally important, we have to go address the growing minority populations in this country.
      • There are no real race or religion minorities, much less any clashes.
      • By the year 2010, 50 per cent of people living in London are going to be from the minority communities.
      • It seems extraordinary that as liberals we now feel secure enough to impose our own orthodoxies on the dissenting minorities within our community.
      • Most nations practice discrimination against foreigners and disfavor minorities within their countries.
      • There are two main religious minorities which apply for asylum in the United Kingdom.
      • Which brings us back to the Sikhs, who before this incident in Birmingham were the model of a law-abiding minority community.
      • The day Hinduism becomes a minority religion in India, it will be no different from Pakistan.
      • Under what criteria is it acceptable for a political minority to take by force what it cannot win at the ballot box?
      • Can there be true secularism and democracy in Kashmir without giving the Pandit minority a political space?
      • This allowed minorities and ethnic communities to flourish here.
      • More than a third of the world's Muslim population live as minorities.
      • In the main, not all minorities are beleaguered and not all non-minorities are privileged.
      • There were no Tamil or Muslim candidates representing the country's main ethnic and religious minorities.
      • His hatred for minorities and communists comes out transparently.
      • Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them.
      • The minority community generally feel that the scales of justice are tilted widely against them.
  • 2mass noun The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility.

    未成年,未及法定年龄;未成年身份

    intrigues between factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The context was exceptional, for royal authority was weakened by the minority of Louis XIV.
    • Claims by children are not limited to those made during their minority; an adult child may seek an order.
    • During the claimant's minority the initial limitation period would not run.
    Synonyms
    youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity

Phrases

  • be (or find oneself) in a minority of one

    • humorous Be the sole person to hold a particular view.

      once again, Britain is in a minority of one within the EC
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I may be in a minority of one, but wonder whether it might not have been better to recognize that he is a reformed person, and rather than hound him to readily accept him back into the community.
      • It is also true that, within the Government, let alone the Parliamentary Labour Party, he was in a minority of one in his support for top-up fees as the means by which to achieve that end.
      • In this, as in other quarrels, Wilson found himself in a minority of one.
      • ‘I'll be watching England's match against Sweden at a friend's house in the privacy of a small World Cup party and yes, obviously, I'll be in a minority of one,’ he tells me.
      • As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25.
      • Last night there was relief in Downing Street that the prime minister right had not ultimately found himself in a minority of one.
      • As a self-proclaimed ‘moderniser’, I used to think that I was in a minority of one as a Euro-sceptic.
      • Lets put it this way, when Murali gets to 500 wickets, Warne will be in a minority of one in the list of most admired & gentlemen cricketers with 500 Test wickets.
      • I have long been in a minority of one among my friends in preferring the Flat to National Hunt.
      • Following the two recent by-elections in the Central and Western wards the Conservative administration is in a minority of one and could be outvoted if Labour and the Liberal Democrats do a deal.

Origin

Late 15th century (in sense 2): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor 'smaller' (see minor).

Rhymes

authority, inferiority, juniority, majority, priority, seniority, sonority, sorority, superiority

Definition of minority in US English:

minority

nounməˈnɔrədiməˈnôrədē
  • 1The smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number.

    少数

    as modifier a minority party

    少数党。

    harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders

    对少数违规十分严重者的更严厉措施。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perhaps because it got it from the founder of the state of Bulgaria, it is one of a minority of Sofia streets never to have been renamed.
    • Nevertheless, even though it may only be a small minority of young people who are going off the rails, the report reveals much that is worrying.
    • Today, only a minority of islands bother with cutting peats.
    • It is an option only suited to a minority of tourists - independent travellers, prepared to rough it and able to speak Spanish.
    • Throughout this period, there had always been a minority of rebels who challenged the rule of the clock.
    • There is overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust was real, yet a minority of ideologically driven historians still deny it.
    • The group is regarded as a fundamentalist organisation representing the views of the minority of Muslims.
    • And for the minority of people who can't, having restricted licensing hours is highly unlikely to deter them.
    • There would be only a tiny minority of Australians who would not support tough action being taken against terrorists.
    • The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business.
    • So it looks as if, for the foreseeable future, unfurnished properties will comprise a tiny minority of the private rented market.
    • These laws are aimed at the minority of annoying customers and not at the lovely ones.
    • Focusing on a minority of more profitable brands that are believed to have the greatest growth potential will actually help retailers.
    • Operative repair is necessary for the minority of cases that don't respond to splinting.
    • There would appear to be a whole range of compatibility issues with small programs that a minority of users have on their computer.
    • Only a minority of organizing campaigns use such tactics effectively, she says.
    • It is only in a minority of cases that the problem is stress-related.
    • The A-level of old had a specific function: to test the minority of young people who would go on to higher education.
    • How do we detect the minority of patients who really would be frightened?
    • He claimed those allegedly involved represented a very small minority of the district's Asian community.
    1. 1.1 The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly.
      (议会)少数党得(或投)的票
      a blocking minority of 23 votes

      少数党阻碍(议案)的23票。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The balance of voting in the Council of Ministers had, up to this point, meant that a 'blocking minority' of 23 votes was required.
      • This means that a minority of just 26 votes can block a decision.
    2. 1.2 A relatively small group of people, especially one commonly discriminated against in a community, society, or nation, differing from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion.
      少数民族
      as modifier minority rights
      representatives of ethnic minorities

      少数民族代表。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are no real race or religion minorities, much less any clashes.
      • Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them.
      • His hatred for minorities and communists comes out transparently.
      • By the year 2010, 50 per cent of people living in London are going to be from the minority communities.
      • The main Canadian minorities have better social conditions and benefit from a different pattern of government transfers to the poor.
      • More than a third of the world's Muslim population live as minorities.
      • Which brings us back to the Sikhs, who before this incident in Birmingham were the model of a law-abiding minority community.
      • Equally important, we have to go address the growing minority populations in this country.
      • Under what criteria is it acceptable for a political minority to take by force what it cannot win at the ballot box?
      • This allowed minorities and ethnic communities to flourish here.
      • It seems extraordinary that as liberals we now feel secure enough to impose our own orthodoxies on the dissenting minorities within our community.
      • The minority community generally feel that the scales of justice are tilted widely against them.
      • In the main, not all minorities are beleaguered and not all non-minorities are privileged.
      • The day Hinduism becomes a minority religion in India, it will be no different from Pakistan.
      • No wonder we never hear of any member of the minority community ever holding any position of importance in these countries.
      • Most nations practice discrimination against foreigners and disfavor minorities within their countries.
      • It wasn't even welfare reform, because that was popular with minorities.
      • There were no Tamil or Muslim candidates representing the country's main ethnic and religious minorities.
      • There are two main religious minorities which apply for asylum in the United Kingdom.
      • Can there be true secularism and democracy in Kashmir without giving the Pandit minority a political space?
  • 2The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility.

    未成年,未及法定年龄;未成年身份

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Claims by children are not limited to those made during their minority; an adult child may seek an order.
    • The context was exceptional, for royal authority was weakened by the minority of Louis XIV.
    • During the claimant's minority the initial limitation period would not run.
    Synonyms
    youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity

Phrases

  • be (or find oneself) in a minority of one

    • humorous Be the sole person to be in favor of or against something.

      〈常幽默〉是孤家寡人;得不到任何支持

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I may be in a minority of one, but wonder whether it might not have been better to recognize that he is a reformed person, and rather than hound him to readily accept him back into the community.
      • Last night there was relief in Downing Street that the prime minister right had not ultimately found himself in a minority of one.
      • ‘I'll be watching England's match against Sweden at a friend's house in the privacy of a small World Cup party and yes, obviously, I'll be in a minority of one,’ he tells me.
      • It is also true that, within the Government, let alone the Parliamentary Labour Party, he was in a minority of one in his support for top-up fees as the means by which to achieve that end.
      • Following the two recent by-elections in the Central and Western wards the Conservative administration is in a minority of one and could be outvoted if Labour and the Liberal Democrats do a deal.
      • As a self-proclaimed ‘moderniser’, I used to think that I was in a minority of one as a Euro-sceptic.
      • I have long been in a minority of one among my friends in preferring the Flat to National Hunt.
      • As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25.
      • Lets put it this way, when Murali gets to 500 wickets, Warne will be in a minority of one in the list of most admired & gentlemen cricketers with 500 Test wickets.
      • In this, as in other quarrels, Wilson found himself in a minority of one.
  • in the minority

    • Belonging to or constituting the smaller group or number.

      属少数派;占少数的

      those who acknowledge his influence are certainly in the minority
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You're also, however, running pretty puny databases and certainly in the minority.
      • Pirates would have been my choice but I would have thought I was in the minority.
      • There are poems which express a more conventional view of God, but they're certainly in the minority.
      • While impact-related injuries certainly do occur, they are by far in the minority.
      • While I'm definitely in the minority on this view, there is a small comfort to be had.
      • But she is in the minority, according to new research from Alliance & Leicester.
      • Personally, I'd rather see debt repayment but I think I'm in the minority there.
      • More of my friends own stick shifts than not, so I've always felt in the minority.
      • We are in the minority and the American people have assigned us a role to play.
      • I am supporting the recommendations of the science committee and am currently in the minority.

Origin

Late 15th century (in minority (sense 2)): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor ‘smaller’ (see minor).

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