minority

noun

1. 少数；少数派；少数人
   the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group
   1. Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.
      目前，只有极少数同学对政治感兴趣。
   2. minority shareholders in the bank
      银行的少数股东
2. 少数派；少数民族；少数群体
   a small group within a community or country that is different because of race, religion, language, etc.
   1. the rights of ethnic/racial minorities
      少数民族 / 族裔的权利
   2. minority languages
      少数民族语言
   3. a large German-speaking minority in the east of the country
      在国家东部一个人口众多的讲德语的少数民族
   4. The school is 95 per cent minority (= 95 per cent of children are not white Americans but from different groups) .
      这所学校里95%的学生来自少数族裔。
   5. minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)
      有色种族聚居区
3. 未成年
   the state of being under the age at which you are legally an adult

1. N-SING 少数; 少数派
   If you talk about a minority of 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
2. N-COUNT 少数民族；少数群体
   A minority is 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。

1. The rise of racism concerns Sikhs because they are such a visible minority.
   种族主义的抬头让锡克教徒很担忧，因为他们是力量非常薄弱的少数群体。
2. Leaving aside the tiny minority who are clinically depressed, most people who have bad moods also have very good moods
   撇开极少数临床抑郁症患者不谈，大多数情绪低落的人也有心情非常愉快的时候。
3. The system of proportional representation has led to the minority parties continually holding the balance of power in the parliament.
   比例代表制使得少数党在议会中频频拥有举足轻重的地位。
4. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
   少数官员准备篡改规则。
5. We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs
   我们不能拿少数这几个人作为一种方便的借口而对此置之不理。
6. Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.
   美国的少数民族文化经常引发跨文化冲突问题。
7. There is a crying need for more magistrates from the ethnic minority communities.
   亟须更多来自少数民族群体的治安官。
8. Although the Yakutians are a minority, they have firm control of the territory
   尽管雅库特人是少数民族，但他们却牢牢地掌控着这块版图。
9. We are a minority and must win people round to the justice of our cause.
   我们属于少数群体，必须赢得人们对我们的正义事业的支持。
10. Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
    在精神病患者中，只有一小部分有可能会伤害自己或他人。
11. 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。
12. These children are only a small minority.
    这些孩子只是很少的一部分。
13. 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。
14. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
    只有少数人支持这场革命。
15. It was a salutary experience to be in the minority
    敌众我寡时倒是可以磨炼人。
16. The government seems not to be troubled by its inconsistent policies on minority rights
    政府好像并不觉得其在少数民族权利问题上政策的前后不一有什么不妥。
17. The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.
    少数民族占人口的百分之六。
18. The minority is subordinate to the majority.
    少数服从多数。
19. They are in a decided minority.
    他们明显于少数。
20. Such persons are certainly in the minority.
    这种人当然占少数。
21. The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.
    国家要和平，只有少数人要战争继续下去。
22. The young boys of the Wei minority beat the Jie drum and danced a welcome dance.
    维族的小伙子打起了羯鼓，跳起了欢迎舞。
23. Only a minority of British households do 〔 does 〕 not have a car.
    英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
24. Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.
    我们的提案尽量照顾到少数群体的特殊需要。
25. This has helped increase the numbers of lower income and minority students.
    这已经帮助增加了低收入和未成年学生的数量。
26. We will increase support for old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and poverty-stricken areas.
    加强对革命老区、民族地区、边疆地区和贫困地区的支持。
27. We will increase educational support for ethnic minorities and ethnic minority areas.
    加大对少数民族和民族地区教育的支持。
28. Also, the state has provided active support for the development and application of ethnic minority traditional medicine.
    国家积极扶持对少数民族医药的开发和应用。
29. These policies and measures have greatly promoted the economic development of ethnic minority areas ( see Table 3).
    这些政策和措施有力地促进了少数民族地区的经济发展（见表三）。
30. The article introduced the basic circumstances and Developing Countermeasure of the minority nationality education in Heilongjiang province.
    摘要本文介绍了黑龙江省少数民族教育的基本情况和发展对策。

n.

be in a/the minority

• 占少数；成为少数派
  to form much less than half of a large group

be in a minority of one

• 是唯一持不同意见者；是唯一投此票者
  to be the only person to have a particular opinion or to vote a particular way

noun

1. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
   1. when the vote was taken they were in the minority
   2. he held a minority position

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

3. any age prior to the legal age

   Synonym:    nonage