minority

高中CET4CET6TOEFL考研IELTS

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基本釋義

n.
少數(shù); 少數(shù)民族; 未成年

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.

目前,只有極少數(shù)同學(xué)對政治感興趣。

牛津詞典

minority shareholders in the bank

銀行的少數(shù)股東

牛津詞典

the rights of ethnic/racial minorities

少數(shù)民族 / 族裔的權(quán)利

牛津詞典

minority languages

少數(shù)民族語言

牛津詞典

a large German-speaking minority in the east of the country

在國家東部一個(gè)人口眾多的講德語的少數(shù)民族

牛津詞典

(North Amercian English)The school is 95 per cent minority (= 95 per cent of children are not white Americans but from different groups) .

這所學(xué)校里95%的學(xué)生來自少數(shù)族裔。

牛津詞典

(North Amercian English)minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)

有色種族聚居區(qū)

牛津詞典

Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers...

當(dāng)?shù)卣峁┑谋S?wù)只有少數(shù)上班族母親才能夠享受到。

These children are only a small minority.

這些孩子只是很少的一部分。

...the region's ethnic minorities...

這個(gè)地區(qū)的少數(shù)民族

Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty...

學(xué)生要求聘請更多女教師和少數(shù)民族族裔的老師。

The soldiers campaigned in the deserts of Iraq.

士兵們在伊拉克的沙漠作戰(zhàn).

期刊摘選

She enjoys watching dance , be it ballet , national minority dancing or any other sort of dancing.

芭蕾舞也好,民族舞也好, 隨便什么舞她都喜歡看.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

A lot of national parks lie in the areas inhabited by minority nationality people.

許多國家公園都位于少數(shù)民族聚居的地方.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.

少數(shù)民族占人口的百分之六.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Boys are very much in the minority at the dancing class.

舞蹈班里男生占極少數(shù).

《簡明英漢詞典》

He is in his minority.

他尚未成年.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Such persons are certainly in the minority.

這種人當(dāng)然占少數(shù).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Those who protested against the president's decision were actually barking at the moon , since they were in a powerless minority.

由于他們屬于軟弱無力的少數(shù),他們反對總統(tǒng)的決定實(shí)際上枉費(fèi)唇舌.

《簡明英漢詞典》

A minority of children are sexually active before they are in their teens.

少數(shù)孩子十幾歲前已有性行為.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The minority is subordinate to the majority.

少數(shù)服從多數(shù).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.

國家要和平, 只有少數(shù)人要戰(zhàn)爭繼續(xù)下去.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

They are in a decided minority.

他們明顯于少數(shù).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The minority should submit to the majority.

少數(shù)應(yīng)服從多數(shù).

《簡明英漢詞典》

Only a minority of British households do not have a car.

英國只有少數(shù)家庭沒有汽車.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Only a tiny minority hold such extreme views.

只有極少數(shù)人持這樣極端的觀點(diǎn)。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

The government seems not to be troubled by its inconsistent policies on minority rights.

政府好像并不覺得其在少數(shù)民族權(quán)利問題上政策的前后不一有什么不妥。

柯林斯例句

A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

少數(shù)官員準(zhǔn)備篡改規(guī)則。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of minority group in North America.

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker

出自-2011年12月聽力原文

Most urban Africans work for a small minority of the rich, who tend to be involved in either cronyish businesses or politics.

2017年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Open data sharers are still in the minority in many fields.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent.

2015年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

In his book The tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell argues that "social epidemics" are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well-connected.

2010年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

  • 2. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts;

    "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"

    "he held a minority position"

  • 3. any age prior to the legal age

同義詞

n.少數(shù),少數(shù)票

smallerpartlesshandfulthanhalf

n.少數(shù)派,少數(shù)民族

contingentsideethnicsectiongroupfaction

其他釋義

youth

反義詞

n.少數(shù);未成年

majority

其他釋義

majority

最新英語單詞

行業(yè)英語