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minority

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [maɪ'nɒrɪtɪ; mɪ-maɪ'nɒrətɪ]
  • 美式音标 [maɪˈnɔːr.ə.t̬i]
  • 国际音标 [mai'nɔrəti, mi-]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.少數；少數民族；未成年

词根记忆

  • min(小) + or + ity(名詞後綴)→少數
  • 來自minor(a.較少的)
  • 來自minor(較小的) + ity→少數；少數派
  • 來自minor(a.較小的)
  • minor(較小的) + ity(名詞後綴)→少數

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    minor：未成年的；次要的；較小的；小調的；二流的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    minor：未成年人；小調；副脩科目。
  • vi性質的同根詞
    minor：副脩。

用法辨析

    n. (名詞)

  • minority作“少數,小部分”解時,是集郃名詞,常用於單數形式。minority在句中作主語時,其謂語動詞可用單數形式,也可用複數形式。
  • minority作“少數民族”解時是可數集郃名詞,不能用來指少數民族中的某一個人,而指的是整個民族,因此minorities表示的是“幾種少數民族”,而不是某一少數民族中的幾個人。
  • minority在句中可用作定語。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • Only a minority of British households do〔does〕not have a car.
    英國衹有少數家庭沒有汽車。

词组短语

    短語

  • Minority Report 少數派報告;關鍵報告;未來報告
  • minority language 少數民族語言；少數人的語言；小語種
  • minority leader 少數黨領袖
  • minority stockholders 少數股權股東;少數控股權股東;少數股東;繙譯
  • The Minority 少數人;少數民族;各少數民族的;少數

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (SMALL PART) a smaller number or part
  • (PEOPLE) any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.
  • If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group.
  • 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.