mi.nor.i.ty
minority的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [məˈnɔ:riti:, -ˈnɔr, mai-]
KK音标发音: [məˈnɔrɪti, -ˈnɑr, maɪ-]
minority的词性:
n.(名词)
1. The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.
少数派:在组成一个整体的两群体中数量上较少的一派
2. A group or party having fewer than a controlling number of votes.
少数派,少数党:投票票数不足以控制结果的一派或一党
3. A racial, religious, political, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is part.
少数:被认为与更大的、将其包含于其中的组群有所不同的一个种族、宗教、政治、民族或其它类型的群体
4. A member of such a group.See Usage Note at color
少数:少数群体的一个成员参见 color
5. The state or period of being under legal age:
未成年:仍未达到法定年龄的状况或时期:
still in her minority.
她仍处于未成年期
minority的词性:
n.attributive.(定语名词)
6. Often used to modify another noun:
少数:经常用作修饰其它名词:
the minority vote; minority political concerns.
少数派投票;少数派的政治利益
minority的词源:
7. French minorité
法语 minorité
8. from Medieval Latin min?rit3s
源自 中世纪拉丁语 min?rit3s
9. from Latin minor [smaller] * see minor
源自 拉丁语 minor [更小的] *参见 minor