minority
英 [ma?'n?r?t?; m?-]
美[ma?'n?r?ti]
- n. 少數(shù)民族；少數(shù)派；未成年
- adj. 少數(shù)的；屬于少數(shù)派的
CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中高頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?minorities;
中文詞源
minority 少數(shù)派，少數(shù)民族
來自minor,較小的，較少的，-ity,名詞后綴。引申詞義少數(shù)派，少數(shù)民族。
minority 少數(shù)派，少數(shù)民族來自minor,較小的，較少的，-ity,名詞后綴。引申詞義少數(shù)派，少數(shù)民族。
英文詞源
- minority (n.)
- 1530s, "condition of being smaller," from Middle French minorité (15c.), or directly from Medieval Latin minoritatem (nominative minoritas), from Latin minor (see minor (adj.)). Meaning "state of being under legal age" is from 1540s; that of "smaller number or part" is from 1736. The meaning "group of people separated from the rest of a community by race, religion, language, etc." is from 1919, originally in an Eastern European context.
雙語例句
- 1. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
- 少數(shù)官員準備篡改規(guī)則。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
- 只有少數(shù)人支持這場革命。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the past conservatives have been in the minority.
- 過去保守派一直占少數(shù)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.
- 當?shù)卣峁┑谋Ｓ罩挥猩贁?shù)上班族母親才能夠享受到。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.
- 美國的少數(shù)民族文化經(jīng)常引發(fā)跨文化沖突問題。
來自柯林斯例句