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

BNC.22611

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

• 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。
• 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。
• This paper analyzes and discusses the present situation and problems of vocational education for ethnic minorities in China.
  本文对中国少数民族职业教育的现状、问题进行了分析。
• The interests of the minorities should be protected.
  少数民族的利益应该得到保护。
• Several virulent attacks have been made on ethnic minorities in the area.
  这个地区发生了对少数民族的多次恶毒攻击。
• Various customs are current among the national minorities.
  少数民族中流传着不同的风俗。
• 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。
• China's ethnic minorities have formed their unique cultures in the long process of historical development.
  中国各少数民族在长期的历史发展过程中，都形成了本民族独具特色和风格各异的文化。
• 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。
• The ethnic minorities will be effectively stateless.
  少数民族人士实际上将沦为无国籍的人。