minorities
[mai'nɔ:riti]
[ minorities ]
n.少数, 少数民族, 未成年
例句与用法：
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。
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。
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。
Only a minority of British households do not have a car.
英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
There are 55 minorities in our country.
我国有55个少数民族。
A small minority voted against the motion.
投票反对该提议的人占少数。
词形变化：
名词复数: minorities |
minorities
词形变化：
名词复数: minorities |
同义词：
section | faction | smaller | nonage | interest group | subgroup | sector | component | element | handful | underground | alternative | marginal | contingent | sectional | side | pressure | lesser | juniority | girlhood | childhood | infancy | pupilage | adolescence | boyhood | juvenility | youth | ethnic group | part | less | than | half | ethnic | group |
反义词：
majority |
minorities
名词 minority:
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
同义词：minority
being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
同义词：minority
any age prior to the legal age
minorities
■Petty criminals in the eighteenth century got the rough end of the stick when they were transported to Australia for what we would now regard as minor offences.
18世纪的轻罪犯们受到了不公正的待遇，那时他们因我们现在认为的小过错而被流放到澳大利亚。
■C major is the relative major of A minor.
C大调是相对于A小调的大音阶
■Microsoft Tape Format minor version number.
Microsoft磁带格式的次版本号。
■A minor candidate's fractional share of the vote.
一个次要的候选人的少得可怜的选票
■A minor road connects the highways.
一条小路同几条公路相连。
■A minor crime may lead to disaster.
一次小小的犯罪可能导致灾难。
■The minor premise in a syllogism.
三段论中的小前提
■The minor premisein a syllogism.
三段论中的小前提。
■Don't waste energy fussing over a minor matter.
不要在微小的事情浪费精力。
■Don't always deviate to minor issues.
不要老是偏离到次要问题上去。
■A character weakness, especially a minor one.
不足性格上的弱点，尤指小弱点
■China is both a major country and a minor one.
中国既是是一个大国，也是一个小国。
■China is a major country as well as a minor one.
中国是个大国，又是个小国。
■There are 55 ethnic minorities in China.
中国有55个少数民族。
■Minor poets are legion; the majors are few and far between.
二三流的诗人不计其数; 大诗人则寥寥无几, 多少年才出一个。
■The regime is accused of oppressing religious minorities.
人们指控这个政权压迫少数宗教信徒。
■He was called Smith Minor to distinguish him from the other Smiths.
人们称他小史密斯，以便与其他叫史密斯的人相区别。
■What led you to select your major? You minor?
什么让你选择了主修科目,你的辅修科目那?
■To compromise on the minor questions.
他不得不在一些次要的问题上妥协。
■It is surprised that he should swing for such a minor mistake.
他为这么点小错受罚太让人奇怪了。
■English is his major and history is his minor.
他主修英文，副修历史。
■They fooled around too much with minor details.
他们在次要的细节上浪费了太多的时间。
■They made minor adjustments in flour prices.
他们对面粉的价格略作调整。
■They had strict orders not to tamper with the customs of the minorities.
他们得到命令严禁干涉少数民族的风俗习惯。
■What they want to do isn't any minor work.
他们要干的,并不是要得到小规模工程的许可。
■They have called for greater numbers of women and minorities.
他们要求教师中有更多女性与少数民族成员。
■He's prone to minor ailments.
他动不动就生点小病。
■He was admitted to hospital with minor burns.
他因轻度烧伤而入院。
■He is a minor talent in contemporary writing.
他在当代文坛是个二流作家。
■He played only a minor part in the film.
他在这部片子里只扮演了一个次要人物。
■His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
他处理不善使小事变大了。
■He used his car for business purpose, and many of the minor repairs were done on the house.
他常用私车办公事，许多次小修费用都由公家报销。
■He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments.
他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。
■He left most of his money to his sons; his daughter received only a minor share of his wealth.
他把大部分的钱都留给了他的几个儿子，他女儿只拿到其中的小部分。
■He left most of his money to his sons; his daughter only received a minor share of his wealth.
他把大部分钱留给了儿子;他女儿只得到他财产的一小部分。
■He has accepted the minor task of difficulty in those two tasks.
他接受了那两项任务中困难较小的一项任务。
■Engineerning is his minor subject.
他的副修科目是工程。
■He is going in for a minor operation.
他要接受一个小手术。
■He gave on to this minor problem.
他面对这个细节问题。
■As we have more important matters to take up at the meeting, we'd better not dwell too long on minor issues.
会议要讨论许多更重要的事情，因此大家最好不要在那些次要问题上多费口舌。
■What are your major subject and minor subject?
你主修与副修的课程是什么?
■You should be thankful to have escaped/that you have escaped with only minor injuries.
你仅受轻伤而脱险，应感到欣慰。
■How many minorities are there in your country?
你们国家有多少少数民族?
■It's only a minor scratch on your car-there's no need to go off the deep end.
你的汽车只擦坏了一点儿——没有必要发脾气。
■Can you play the key of C minor?
你能用C小调演奏吗?
■I: What subject did you minor in?
你辅修过什么专业吗?
■Ex 1:Engineerning is his minor subject.
例1：他的副修科目是工程。
■Islam is mostly practised among some of the minorities.
信仰伊斯兰教的多半是一些少数民族。
■Correcting minor file name errors in file %1.
修正文件%1中少数的文件名错误。
■Correcting a minor error in file %1.
修正文件%1中的镜像错误。