minority
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [ma?'n?r?t?; m?-ma?'n?r?t?]
- 美式音標 [ma??n??r.?.t?i]
- 國際音標 [mai'n?r?ti, mi-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.少數(shù)；少數(shù)民族；未成年
詞根記憶
- min(小) + or + ity(名詞后綴)→少數(shù)
- 來自minor(a.較少的)
- 來自minor(較小的) + ity→少數(shù)；少數(shù)派
- 來自minor(a.較小的)
- minor(較小的) + ity(名詞后綴)→少數(shù)
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- minor：未成年的；次要的；較小的；小調(diào)的；二流的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- minor：未成年人；小調(diào)；副修科目。
- vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
- minor：副修。
用法辨析
- minority作“少數(shù),小部分”解時,是集合名詞,常用于單數(shù)形式。minority在句中作主語時,其謂語動詞可用單數(shù)形式,也可用復數(shù)形式。
- minority作“少數(shù)民族”解時是可數(shù)集合名詞,不能用來指少數(shù)民族中的某一個人,而指的是整個民族,因此minorities表示的是“幾種少數(shù)民族”,而不是某一少數(shù)民族中的幾個人。
- minority在句中可用作定語。
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- Only a minority of British households do〔does〕not have a car.
英國只有少數(shù)家庭沒有汽車。
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- Minority Report 少數(shù)派報告;關(guān)鍵報告;未來報告
- minority language 少數(shù)民族語言；少數(shù)人的語言；小語種
- minority leader 少數(shù)黨領(lǐng)袖
- minority stockholders 少數(shù)股權(quán)股東;少數(shù)控股權(quán)股東;少數(shù)股東;翻譯
- The Minority 少數(shù)人;少數(shù)民族;各少數(shù)民族的;少數(shù)
短語
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
- 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.