单词盒子

minority

M 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [maɪ'nɒrɪtɪ; mɪ-maɪ'nɒrətɪ]
  • 美式音标 [maɪˈnɔːr.ə.t̬i]
  • 国际音标 [mai'nɔrəti, mi-]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.少数；少数民族；未成年

词根记忆

  • min(小) + or + ity(名词后缀)→少数
  • 来自minor(a.较少的)
  • 来自minor(较小的) + ity→少数；少数派
  • 来自minor(a.较小的)
  • minor(较小的) + ity(名词后缀)→少数

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    minor：未成年的；次要的；较小的；小调的；二流的。
  • n性质的同根词
    minor：未成年人；小调；副修科目。
  • vi性质的同根词
    minor：副修。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • minority作“少数,小部分”解时,是集合名词,常用于单数形式。minority在句中作主语时,其谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。
  • minority作“少数民族”解时是可数集合名词,不能用来指少数民族中的某一个人,而指的是整个民族,因此minorities表示的是“几种少数民族”,而不是某一少数民族中的几个人。
  • minority在句中可用作定语。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • Only a minority of British households do〔does〕not have a car.
    英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。

词组短语

    短语

  • Minority Report 少数派报告;关键报告;未来报告
  • minority language 少数民族语言；少数人的语言；小语种
  • minority leader 少数党领袖
  • minority stockholders 少数股权股东;少数控股权股东;少数股东;翻译
  • The Minority 少数人;少数民族;各少数民族的;少数

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (SMALL PART) a smaller number or part
  • (PEOPLE) any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half.
  • If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group.
  • A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion.