minorities

英 [maɪˈnɒrɪtiz]

美 [maɪˈnɔrətiz]

n.  少数; 少数派; 少数人; 少数民族; 少数群体; 未成年
minority的复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-SING 少数; 少数派
  If you talk about aminorityof 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.
  1. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers...
     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。
  2. These children are only a small minority.
     这些孩子只是很少的一部分。
  3. ...minority shareholders.
     少数股东
• N-COUNT 少数民族；少数群体
  Aminorityis 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.
  1. ...the region's ethnic minorities...
     这个地区的少数民族
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• Various customs are current among the national minorities.
  少数民族中流传着不同的风俗。
• The interests of the minorities should be protected.
  少数民族的利益应该得到保护。
• The unity of our society is threatened by troublesome and restless minorities
  我们社会的团结遭到了一小撮滋扰生事、不安分守己的群体的威胁。
• Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs.
  工作机会少常常会怪到少数民族头上。
• Members of 21 minorities live in this area.
  这个地区居住有21个少数民族的成员。
• Girls and ethnic minorities were particularly disadvantaged, and they were the main beneficiaries of the project.
  女童和少数民族学生尤其处于弱势地位，而他们是本项目的主要受益人。
• Family planning is also practiced among ethnic minorities.
  对少数民族，国家也实行计划生育。
• One-third of the population is made up of ethnic minorities, mainly Chinese and Indian.
  该国三分之一的人口是由少数民族组成的，主要是华人和印度族人。
• Politicians of all races and ethnicities are troubled by the underrepresentation of minorities in top elective offices.
  最高选举办公室中的少数民族代表名额不足的问题困扰着所有种族和民族的政治家。
• China's ethnic minorities have formed their unique cultures in the long process of historical development.
  中国各少数民族在长期的历史发展过程中，都形成了本民族独具特色和风格各异的文化。