minority

A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

少数官员准备篡改规则。

(North Amercian English)minority neighborhoods (= where no or few white people live)

有色种族聚居区

The soldiers campaigned in the deserts of Iraq.

士兵们在伊拉克的沙漠作战.

(North Amercian English)The school is 95 per cent minority (= 95 per cent of children are not white Americans but from different groups) .

这所学校里95%的学生来自少数族裔。

A minority of children are sexually active before they are in their teens.

少数孩子十几岁前已有性行为.

Those who protested against the president's decision were actually barking at the moon , since they were in a powerless minority.

由于他们属于软弱无力的少数,他们反对总统的决定实际上枉费唇舌.

the rights of ethnic/racial minorities

少数民族 / 族裔的权利

The government seems not to be troubled by its inconsistent policies on minority rights.

政府好像并不觉得其在少数民族权利问题上政策的前后不一有什么不妥。

They are in a decided minority.

他们明显于少数.

minority languages

少数民族语言

a large German-speaking minority in the east of the country

在国家东部一个人口众多的讲德语的少数民族

Boys are very much in the minority at the dance class.

舞蹈班上男生很少。

...the region's ethnic minorities...

这个地区的少数民族

These children are only a small minority.

这些孩子只是很少的一部分。

The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.

国家要和平, 只有少数人要战争继续下去.

Gaelic is still spoken in Ireland by a minority.

爱尔兰仍有少数人在说盖尔语。

The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.

少数民族占人口的百分之六.

She enjoys watching dance , be it ballet , national minority dancing or any other sort of dancing.

芭蕾舞也好,民族舞也好, 随便什么舞她都喜欢看.

Boys are very much in the minority at the dancing class.

舞蹈班里男生占极少数.

Such persons are certainly in the minority.

这种人当然占少数.

The minority is subordinate to the majority.

少数服从多数.

Only a minority of British households do not have a car.

英国只有少数家庭没有汽车.

He is in his minority.

他尚未成年.

The minority should submit to the majority.

少数应服从多数.

Only a tiny minority hold such extreme views.

只有极少数人持这样极端的观点。

Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.

目前，只有极少数同学对政治感兴趣。

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

当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数上班族母亲才能够享受到。

A lot of national parks lie in the areas inhabited by minority nationality people.

许多国家公园都位于少数民族聚居的地方.

minority shareholders in the bank

银行的少数股东

Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty...

学生要求聘请更多女教师和少数民族族裔的老师。