Minority
[ maɪ'nɔrəti ]
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n. 少数;少数民族;未成年;
💡 词根助记
minor小或少+ity名词后缀→少的状态→少数；未成年
📝 例句
aggrieved minority people
合法权利受到侵害的少数民族民众
Only a minority of the class voted for the plan.
班里只有少数学生投票赞成这项计划。
The black Africans are oppressed minority dumped in an alien environment.
非洲黑人是受压迫的少数民族，他们被抛弃在异己的环境中。
They live in the minority district.
他们生活在少数民族地区。
We're in the minority, more people are against us than with us.
赞成我们的居少数；我们成了少数派。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ min-最少的,or-或许,ity- 谐音“IT业”:在IT行业里人数最少的或许是少数民族
※ min-拼音“迷你”,or-似“蛋花”,ity- IT业:少数民族喜欢吃迷你蛋花和从事IT业
※ mi-拼音“米”,no-没有,rity-city城市:库存里的米快没有了,看来城市里的只有少数人能领到米
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-min-表示“小”
📖 牛津释义
minority
n
1
(a) [CGp] (usu sing 通常作单数) smaller number or part (esp of people voting or of votes cast) 少数（尤指投票者或票数）
Only a minority of British households do/does not have a car. 英国只有少数家庭没有汽车.
A small minority voted against the motion. 投票反对该动议的人占少数.
[attrib 作定语]
a minority vote, opinion, point of view, etc, ie one cast, held, etc by a smaller number of people 少数人的票、 意见、 观点等.
(b) [C] small group in a community, nation, etc, differing from others in race, religion, language, etc （一社区、 国家等, 其中种族、 宗教, 语言等异於他人的）小团体, 少数
the rights of ethnic minorities 少数民族的权利
[attrib 作定语]
belong to a minority group 属於少数人团体的
minority rights 少数派的权利. Cf 参看 majority.
2 [U] (law 律) state or period of being a minor 未成年
be in one's minority, eg under 18 in the UK 尚未成年（如在英国为18岁以下）.
3 (idm 习语) be in a/the minority be in the smaller of esp two voting groups 是少数派（尤指在投票的两部分人中）
We're in the minority, ie More people are against us than with us. 我们是少数派.
I'm in a minority of one, ie No one agrees with me. 我是唯一的少数派.
🎯 考研助记
minor(少的)+ity(地方): 少数民族
🔁 扩展释义
*[mai'nɒriti]n. 少数, 未成年, 少数民族a. 少数的, 属于少数派的【经】 少数相关词组: be in a minority of one be in the minority
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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There will only be standing room left for us next century!
到下个世纪我们就只有立足之地了。
For one thing they keep the water clean.
一来，水下植物可以保持水的清洁。
Yes, It was a real pity!
可不是，太可惜了。