minority
少数人,小众,少数民族,少数派
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Definitions
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plural mi·nor·i·ties.
- : the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- : a smaller party or group opposed to a majority, as in voting or other action.
- : a group in society distinguished from, and less dominant than, the more numerous majority: The ethnic minority was disproportionately affected by the reduction in preventative medical services.
- : a racial, ethnic, religious, or social subdivision of a society that is subordinated in political, financial, or social power by the dominant group, without regard to the size of these groups: legislation aimed at providing equal rights for minorities.
- : a member of such a group.
- : the state or period of being under the legal age of full responsibility.
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- : of or relating to a minority.
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Examples
The hope is Garrison can help Austin improve these and other issues, as the Pentagon needs to lift qualified minorities to more positions of power and keep extremists out of uniform.
The minority of Republicans who think otherwise might survive the next round of primaries, but they show no ability to move the 88 to 95 percent of the party out.
While I think that is not wrong, I also think that the line for a small minority of the GOP has gotten brighter.
Although it is still too early to know whether these steps will improve lives in minority communities, they represent one effort to tackle a long-standing problem around the globe.
This means that far fewer older adults from under-resourced racial and ethnic minority communities have been able to make appointments.
Latinos, the fastest growing minority group in America, are even more underrepresented in Congress.
For my friend, a small minority of JSwipe matches materialized into conversations, and none have materialized into dates.
The two major complaints minority communities have against the police seem at first glance paradoxical.
Veterans are a small minority of the population, as well, serving the greater whole.
There, many minority parents supported Tom Torklarson, who favored the education reform agenda.
While the majority pulled in one way there was an active that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.