| 单词 | minority |
| 释义 | minority (once / 383 pages) 1n 2n If you have eight pennies and twelve dimes, the minority of your coins are pennies. The word minority is often used to describe people when their race or religion is shared by less than half of a nation. If you have red hair, you are in the minority as most people have blonde or brown hair. Because white people of European descent make up the majority of the population in the U.S., pundits refer to the minority vote when they talk about the political candidates that non-whites prefer in political elections. Majority is the opposite of minority. WORD FAMILYminority: minorities+/minor: minority, minorly, minors USAGE EXAMPLESShootings jumped 46% to 3,550, with most occurring in poor and minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) Democrats, despite being in the minority in both the House and Senate, will be more than bit players in the new Washington environment. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) “You break it, you own it,” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n 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|Hyper bulk, majority the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part figure, number the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals 2n a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part 2Hyper social group people sharing some social relation n any age prior to the legal age Syn|Ant|Hyper nonage legal age, majority the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs legal status a status defined by law age, elda time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises |
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