首页英语词典minorityminority英英释意

minority

英[maɪ'nɒrɪtɪ;mɪ-] 美[maɪ'nɔrəti]
  • n. 少数民族;少数派;未成年
  • adj. 少数的;属于少数派的

英英释意


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;
"when the vote was taken they were in the minority"
"he held a minority position"
3. any age prior to the legal age