minority
英 [maɪˈnɒr.ə.ti]
美 [maɪˈnɔːr.ə.t̬i]
- n. 少数民族；少数派；未成年
- adj. 少数的；属于少数派的
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记忆方法
将“minority”分解为“mi”和“nority”。想象“mi”如小米粒，数量少，而“nority”像“normality”（正常性）中的“normal”意味着不突出，结合起来就是“少数派”或“占少数的人”。
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中文词源
minority 少数派，少数民族
来自minor,较小的，较少的，-ity,名词后缀。引申词义少数派，少数民族。
minority 少数派，少数民族来自minor,较小的，较少的，-ity,名词后缀。引申词义少数派，少数民族。
英语词源
- minority (n.)
- 1530s, "condition of being smaller," from Middle French minorité (15c.), or directly from Medieval Latin minoritatem (nominative minoritas), from Latin minor (see minor (adj.)). Meaning "state of being under legal age" is from 1540s; that of "smaller number or part" is from 1736. The meaning "group of people separated from the rest of a community by race, religion, language, etc." is from 1919, originally in an Eastern European context.
权威例句
- 1. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
- 少数官员准备篡改规则。
- 2. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.
- 只有少数人支持这场革命。
- 3. In the past conservatives have been in the minority.
- 过去保守派一直占少数。
- 4. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.
- 当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。
- 5. Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.
- 美国的少数民族文化经常引发跨文化冲突问题。
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