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minority

英 [maɪ'nɒrɪtɪ; mɪ-]美 [maɪ'nɔrəti]

n. 少數民族；少數派；未成年

adj. 少數的；屬於少數派的

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中文詞源

minority 少數派，少數民族

來自minor,較小的，較少的，-ity,名詞後綴。引申詞義少數派，少數民族。

minority 少數派，少數民族

來自minor,較小的，較少的，-ity,名詞後綴。引申詞義少數派，少數民族。

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

少數官員準備篡改規則。

2. Only a minority of the people supported the Revolution.

只有少數人支持這場革命。

3. In the past conservatives have been in the minority.

過去保守派一直佔少數。

4. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.

當地政府提供的保育服務只有少數上班族母親才能夠享受到。

5. Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.

美國的少數民族文化經常引發跨文化衝突問題。

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