minority

名词 minority:

1. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
2. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
3. any age prior to the legal age
   同义词：nonage

1. The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by (a) plebiscite.
   该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决。
2. Since the two main parties each won the same number of seats, the minority party holds the balance of power.
   由於两个主要政党都赢得了相同数量的席位，因此作为少数派的政党居於举足轻重的地位。
3. The nationality of the minority groups in that country is still at issue.
   在那个国家的少数民族的国籍问题上仍有争论。
4. Only a minority of British households do not have a car.
   英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
5. There are 55 minorities in our country.
   我国有55个少数民族。
6. A small minority voted against the motion.
   投票反对该提议的人占少数。

mi.nor.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 mi.nor.i.ties

The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.
少数派：在组成一个整体的两群体中数量上较少的一派
A group or party having fewer than a controlling number of votes.
少数派，少数党：投票票数不足以控制结果的一派或一党

A racial, religious, political, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is part.
少数：被认为与更大的、将其包含于其中的组群有所不同的一个种族、宗教、政治、民族或其它类型的群体
A member of such a group.See Usage Note at color
少数：少数群体的一个成员参见 color
The state or period of being under legal age:
未成年：仍未达到法定年龄的状况或时期：
例句：
still in her minority.
她仍处于未成年期

n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
少数：经常用作修饰其它名词：
例句：
the minority vote; minority political concerns.
少数派投票；少数派的政治利益

来源：
French minorité
法语 minorité
from Medieval Latin minôrit3s
源自 中世纪拉丁语 minôrit3s
from Latin minor [smaller] * see minor
源自 拉丁语 minor [更小的] *参见 minor