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Minority People Larger Group Race Culture 英[Maɪˈnɒrəti 美[Maɪˈnɔrəti

单词 minority
音标
英[maɪˈnɒrəti] 美[maɪˈnɔrəti]
解释
n.少数;少数民族;未成年;
例句

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.
例: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。
例:These children are only a small minority.这些孩子只是很少的一部分。

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.
例:...the region's ethnic minorities...这个地区的少数民族
例: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。
变形
pl:minorities~

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