Minority
[ ma?'n?r?ti ]
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n. 少數;少數民族;未成年;
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minor小或少+ity名詞后綴→少的狀態→少數；未成年
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aggrieved minority people
合法權利受到侵害的少數民族民眾
Only a minority of the class voted for the plan.
班里只有少數學生投票贊成這項計劃。
The black Africans are oppressed minority dumped in an alien environment.
非洲黑人是受壓迫的少數民族，他們被拋棄在異己的環境中。
They live in the minority district.
他們生活在少數民族地區。
We're in the minority, more people are against us than with us.
贊成我們的居少數；我們成了少數派。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ min-最少的,or-或許,ity- 諧音“IT業”:在IT行業里人數最少的或許是少數民族
※ min-拼音“迷你”,or-似“蛋花”,ity- IT業:少數民族喜歡吃迷你蛋花和從事IT業
※ mi-拼音“米”,no-沒有,rity-city城市:庫存里的米快沒有了,看來城市里的只有少數人能領到米
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-min-表示“小”
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minority
n
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(a) [CGp] (usu sing 通常作單數) smaller number or part (esp of people voting or of votes cast) 少數（尤指投票者或票數）
Only a minority of British households do/does not have a car. 英國只有少數家庭沒有汽車.
A small minority voted against the motion. 投票反對該動議的人占少數.
[attrib 作定語]
a minority vote, opinion, point of view, etc, ie one cast, held, etc by a smaller number of people 少數人的票、 意見、 觀點等.
(b) [C] small group in a community, nation, etc, differing from others in race, religion, language, etc （一社區、 國家等, 其中種族、 宗教, 語言等異於他人的）小團體, 少數
the rights of ethnic minorities 少數民族的權利
[attrib 作定語]
belong to a minority group 屬於少數人團體的
minority rights 少數派的權利. Cf 參看 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（如在英國為18歲以下）.
3 (idm 習語) be in a/the minority be in the smaller of esp two voting groups 是少數派（尤指在投票的兩部分人中）
We're in the minority, ie More people are against us than with us. 我們是少數派.
I'm in a minority of one, ie No one agrees with me. 我是唯一的少數派.
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minor(少的)+ity(地方): 少數民族
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*[mai'n?riti]n. 少數, 未成年, 少數民族a. 少數的, 屬于少數派的【經】 少數相關詞組: be in a minority of one be in the minority
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Good morning. Can I help you?
早上好！我能幫您什么忙嗎？
Yes. We've just heard a warning on the radio that a hurricane is likely to come.
是的，我們剛從廣播里聽到一則氣象警報，說是一場颶風可能要到來。
I think I know you.
我想我認識你。