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minority 音标拼音: [mɑɪn'ɔrəti] [mən'ɔrəti] n. 少数,未成年,少数民族
a. 少数的,属于少数派的 少数,未成年,少数民族少数的,属於少数派的 minority n 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" [ ant: { bulk}, { majority}] 3: any age prior to the legal age [ synonym: { minority}, { nonage}] [ ant: { legal age}, { majority}] Minority \ Mi* nor" i* ty\, n.; pl. { Minorities}. [ Cf. F. minorit[' e]. See { Minor}, a. & n.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The state of being a minor, or under age. [ 1913 Webster] 2. State of being less or small. [ Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The smaller number; -- opposed to { majority}; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Those members of a legislature that belong to the political party which is in the minority in that institution; as, the bill will pass even if the minority are strongly opposed. [ PJC] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " minority": back seat, callowness, dewiness, disability, disablement, disqualification, freshness, greenness, humbleness, humility, imbecility, immaturity, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, ineptitude, inexperience, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, juiciness, juniority, least, legal incapacity, lowliness, minority group, nonage, rawness, sappiness, second fiddle, second string, secondariness, servility, subjection, subordinacy, subordination, subservience, the few, the minority, third string, undevelopment, unfitness, unripeness, wardship, we happy few |
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