minority [名詞] 少數;少數民族;未成年
minority
[mai'nɔ:riti]
n.少數, 少數民族, 未成年
例句與用法:
The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by (a) plebiscite.
該少數民族應歸屬哪一州的問題已由公民投票表決。
Since the two main parties each won the same number of seats, the minority party holds the balance of power.
由於兩個主要政黨都贏得了相同數量的席位,因此作為少數派的政黨居於舉足輕重的地位。
The nationality of the minority groups in that country is still at issue.
在那個國家的少數民族的國籍問題上仍有爭論。
Only a minority of British households do not have a car.
英國只有少數家庭沒有汽車。
There are 55 minorities in our country.
我國有55個少數民族。
A small minority voted against the motion.
投票反對該提議的人佔少數。
詞形變化:
名詞複數: minorities |
英文解釋:
名詞 minority:
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
any age prior to the legal age
同義詞:nonage
同義詞
section | faction | smaller | nonage | interest group | subgroup | sector | component | element | handful | underground | alternative | marginal | contingent | sectional | side | pressure | lesser | juniority | girlhood | childhood | infancy | pupilage | adolescence | boyhood | juvenility | youth | ethnic group | part | less | than | half | ethnic | group |
反義詞
majority |
以上來源於大辭典