名詞 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
   同義詞：nonage

1. The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by (a) plebiscite.
   該少數(shù)民族應(yīng)歸屬哪一州的問(wèn)題已由公民投票表決。
2. Since the two main parties each won the same number of seats, the minority party holds the balance of power.
   由於兩個(gè)主要政黨都贏得了相同數(shù)量的席位，因此作為少數(shù)派的政黨居於舉足輕重的地位。
3. The nationality of the minority groups in that country is still at issue.
   在那個(gè)國(guó)家的少數(shù)民族的國(guó)籍問(wèn)題上仍有爭(zhēng)論。
4. Only a minority of British households do not have a car.
   英國(guó)只有少數(shù)家庭沒有汽車。
5. There are 55 minorities in our country.
   我國(guó)有55個(gè)少數(shù)民族。
6. A small minority voted against the motion.
   投票反對(duì)該提議的人占少數(shù)。

mi.nor.i.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mi.nor.i.ties

The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.
少數(shù)派：在組成一個(gè)整體的兩群體中數(shù)量上較少的一派
A group or party having fewer than a controlling number of votes.
少數(shù)派，少數(shù)黨：投票票數(shù)不足以控制結(jié)果的一派或一黨

A racial, religious, political, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is part.
少數(shù)：被認(rèn)為與更大的、將其包含于其中的組群有所不同的一個(gè)種族、宗教、政治、民族或其它類型的群體
A member of such a group.See Usage Note at color
少數(shù)：少數(shù)群體的一個(gè)成員參見 color
The state or period of being under legal age:
未成年：仍未達(dá)到法定年齡的狀況或時(shí)期：
例句：
still in her minority.
她仍處于未成年期

n.attributive.（定語(yǔ)名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
少數(shù)：經(jīng)常用作修飾其它名詞：
例句：
the minority vote; minority political concerns.
少數(shù)派投票；少數(shù)派的政治利益

來(lái)源：
French minorité
法語(yǔ) minorité
from Medieval Latin minôrit3s
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) minôrit3s
from Latin minor [smaller] * see minor
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) minor [更小的] *參見 minor