[ADJ 形容词]少数民族的;少数种族的 You can use ethnic to describe people who belong to a particular racial or cultural group but who, usually, do not live in the country where most members of that group live.
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There are still several million ethnic Germans in Russia.
俄罗斯境内仍有数百万德国人。
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...a large ethnically Albanian population.
大部分为阿尔巴尼亚人的人口
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](服饰、音乐、食物等)具有民族特色的,民族风味的Ethnic clothing, music, or food is characteristic of the traditions of a particular ethnic group, and different from what is usually found in modern Western culture.
...the original flavours of ethnic dishes.
民族特色菜肴的原汁原味
...a magnificent range of ethnic fabrics.
各式各样具有民族特色的织物
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eth·nicAWL/ˈeθnɪk; NAmEˈeθnɪk/
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ethnicethnicsadjective1connected with or belonging to a nation, race or people that shares a cultural tradition 民族的;种族的◆ethnic groups/communities族群;种族社区◆ethnic strife/tensions/violence(= between people from different races or peoples)种族冲突╱紧张形势╱暴力◆ethnic Albanians living in Germany生活在德国的阿尔巴尼亚族人2typical of a country or culture that is very different from modern Western culture and therefore interesting for people in Western countries 具有民族特色的;异国风味的◆ethnic clothes/jewellery/cooking具有民族特色的服装╱珠宝首饰╱烹调▶eth·nic·al·ly/ˈeθnɪkli; NAmEˈeθnɪkli/adverb◆an ethnically divided region种族分裂地区noun( especially NAmE) a person from an ethnic minority少数民族的人eth·nic/ˈeθnɪk; NAmEˈeθnɪk/eth·nic·al·ly/ˈeθnɪkli; NAmEˈeθnɪkli/
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ethniceth‧nic1 /ˈeθnɪk/ ●●○W3AWL adjective
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1relating to a particular race, nation, or tribe and their customs and traditions: The school teaches pupils from different ethnic groups. ethnic Russians in Estoniaethnic violence/divisions/strife etc (=violence etc between people from different races or cultures)ethnic background/origin The students are from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. plans to partition the republic along ethnic lines (=in a way that keeps different ethnic groups apart)2ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc cooking, fashion etc from countries that are far away, which seems very different and unusual: ethnic music—ethnically /-kli/ adverb: Surinam is culturally and ethnically diverse.COLLOCATIONSnounsan ethnic group· People of Ukrainian descent are Canada’s fifth largest ethnic group.an ethnic minority (=a small ethnic group living within a much larger group)· Ethnic minorities have tended to live together in the same areas of the city.ethnic origin/background (=the race or country that someone originally came from)· Schools are increasingly composed of pupils of different religions and different ethnic origins.an ethnic Russian/Albanian etc (=someone whose family is Russian etc, but who is living in another country)· Romania’s 1.6 million ethnic Hungarians make up about 7 percent of the country’s population.an ethnic mix (=a mixture of people from different ethnic groups who live in the same place)· The city has a wonderful ethnic mix.ethnic diversity (=the fact of including people from many different ethnic groups)· Chicago prides itself on its ethnic diversity.ethnic violence/conflict (=fighting or trouble between different ethnic groups)· Hundreds were killed and injured in the country’s worst outbreak of ethnic violence.ethnic divisions (=disagreements between members of different ethnic groups)· Ethnic divisions continue to plague parts of America.ethnic tension (=a feeling of tension and lack of trust between members of different ethnic groups)· It is feared that the growing ethnic tension could lead to civil war.an ethnic identity (=the feeling of belonging to one race or national group)· These small tribal communities share a common ethnic identity.
ethnic1 adjective
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ethnicethnic2AWL noun [countable]
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someone who comes from a group of people who are a different race, religion etc or who have a different background from most other people in that country: In that neighborhood of New York, we were all ethnics.
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