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

• Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice and poverty.
  少数族裔努力与歧见和贫穷奋战。
• Various customs are current among the national minorities.
  少数民族中流传着不同的风俗。
• The interests of minorities will have to be safeguarded under a new constitution
  新宪法必须能保护少数群体的利益。
• Family planning is also practiced among ethnic minorities.
  对少数民族，国家也实行计划生育。
• The test of any civilised society is how it treats its minorities.
  检验一个社会是否文明的办法就是看它怎样对待其少数群体。
• Ethnic minorities, the disabled and women are special groups among China's impoverished rural population.
  少数民族、残疾人和妇女，是中国农村贫困人口中的特殊贫困群体。
• The interests of the minorities should be protected.
  少数民族的利益应该得到保护。
• The establishment of the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities has undergone long period of exploration and practice.
  中国民族区域自治制度的确立经历了长时间的探索和实践。
• Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems
  试图在某些少数民族地区限制生育可能会引起问题。
• Is his promotion evidence of the minorities 'advance, or mere tokenism?
  他的晋升是证明了少数族裔的进步，还是仅仅为了装点门面？