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, 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The interests of the minorities should be protected.
  少数民族的利益应该得到保护。
• Minorities of Southwest China have their own sense and experience to their survival circumstance.
  摘要西南少数民族对他们的生存环境有着深切的感受和体验。
• During this period, union membership among minorities and women also increased.
  在这一时期内，少数民族和妇女中的工会会员数也有增加。
• We will protect and develop the fine cultural traditions of ethnic minorities.
  保护和发展少数民族优秀传统文化。
• This article analyzes the present problems among cadres of ethnic minorities in china.
  摘要对当前少数民族干部队伍中存在的问题进行了分析。
• 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。
• Members of 21 minorities live in this area.
  这个地区居住有21个少数民族的成员。