| 单词 | minority |
| 释义 | minority (mɪnɒrɪti , US -nɔːr- ) Word forms: minorities 1. singular noun B2 If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers. [+ of] These children are only a small minority. ...minority shareholders. in a/the minority phrase If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority. In the past conservatives have been in the minority. 2. countable noun A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion. ...the region's ethnic minorities. Students have called for greater numbers of women and minorities on the faculty. A final settlement must respect minority rights. Collocations: minority owner Ministers also argue that the company needs access to fresh management expertise, through a new minority owner from the private sector. Times, Sunday Times He had been a minority owner since the 2000 sale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The report said that new minority owners could offer the 'confidence, experience and capital' needed to carry out vital changes. Times, Sunday Times To deal with the problem, it proposed a string of governance changes that it hopes will bolster the clout of minority owners. Times, Sunday Times He bought out the minority owners a year later. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If the minority partner outperforms the majority partner, the case for full privatisation will be irresistible. Times, Sunday Times We have been looking for a potential minority partner. Times, Sunday Times The search will now begin for the right minority partner. Times, Sunday Times He was the less gregarious of the brothers, and being a minority partner in the ironworks probably didn't help his disposition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Minority partners were not disclosed. Houston Chronicle That could lead to one minority party replacing another and stumbling on in office for years, while the electorate watches but has no role. Times, Sunday Times The other 20 per cent will be uncommitted or support a minority party. Times, Sunday Times As a result, the minority party will now be prevented from filibustering most judicial nominations. Times, Sunday Times What would then protect us from that government using its majorities to force in controversial ideas, despite determined opposition from minority parties? Times, Sunday Times The set threshold required a minimum vote of 5% for parties (with exemptions for ethnic minority parties) and 8% for electoral coalitions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of the essays tread the well-worn grooves of the debate on minority representation in the media. The Times Literary Supplement Instead of providing guaranteed minority representation, the chance of it depended largely on how well the dominant local party organised itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The purpose of this innovation was to encourage minority representation and weaken political parties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once these issues were settled and issues of female and minority representation were handled, the conference set forth five demands that would serve as the platform for the march. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Minority shareholders are going to have to put even more faith in the senior independent director to ensure their interests are respected. Times, Sunday Times Minority shareholders took him to court to stop him using his majority shareholding to railroad his proposed delisting. ST Minority shareholders felt the company was sold on the cheap. Times, Sunday Times Minority shareholders get information late compared with insiders. Times, Sunday Times Minority shareholders and their stakes in the company changed periodically thereafter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rugby needs the money to expand or it will shrink into minority status. Times,Sunday Times We are merely positing a minor adjustment of scale that would suddenly bring a sport, rapidly shaking off minority status, into serious contention for a significant audience. Times, Sunday Times This applies even if the certificate was written during the communist era before 1989, where ethnic minorities were pressured to renounce their minority status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both are concerned with tolerance for real differences, diversity, minority status, and the invalidity of value judgments applied to different ways of life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Minority stress theory suggests that minority status leads to increased discrimination from the social environment which leads to greater stress and health problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 130 ethnic and national minority groups are represented. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to this law, however, members of national minorities had the right to communicate with the government in their own languages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The development of the network of secondary schools also took into account the demands of national minorities to receive education in their own language. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Minority languages are in official use in local government units where more than a third of the population consists of national minorities or where local legislation mandates their use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said: 'I will die to defend the rights of all oppressed minorities'. The Sun (2011) The dreams of these liberals, and the oppressed minorities they speak out in support of, are almost dead. Times, Sunday Times (2009) As in any family that contains a member of an oppressed minority, our children learn to understand the problems of ignorance and bias. The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993) They have been a persecuted minority for far too long. Times, Sunday Times (2010) And they provide billions of dollars of relief aid that serves vulnerable migrants, refugees, and persecuted minorities. Christianity Today (2000) The prince, who has recently taken up the cause of persecuted religious minorities, said they were enduring 'appalling suffering '. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Attitudes to women and religious minorities remain oppressive but are gradually changing. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The constitution supposedly protects the rights of the country's religious minorities. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Defending weak, persecuted religious minorities across the world would not just be humanitarian, it would also be a sensible ingredient of security policy. Times, Sunday Times (2016) These, however, represent a minority. Christianity Today While some audiophiles still prefer the sound of vinyl records over that of digital music sources (mainly compact discs), they represent a minority of listeners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, these events represent the minority of the plot and are rarely relied on early in the story. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Adoption statistics also substantiate this principle, in that non-kin adoptions represent a minority of worldwide adoptions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The judgment has been hailed as a bold and clear one that upholds the rights of minorities. Times, Sunday Times A series of clauses protects the rights of minorities. Times, Sunday Times In a majoritarian system such as ours, governments are - or should be - trustees for the rights of minorities, including the rights of opposition parties. Times, Sunday Times The 1965 federal act was meant to protect the voting rights of minorities. Houston Chronicle There is still a significant minority of people who loathe the idea of a relation marrying somebody from another race. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Medical attitudes towards ME are changing but a significant minority of doctors do not regard it as a real disease. Times, Sunday Times (2008) For the majority, alcohol use does not become a significant problem, but for a significant minority it does. An Introduction to Community Health (1995) We are dealing with a minority but it's quite a sizeable minority and they need our help. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Each of the three countries have sizeable Russian minorities. Times, Sunday Times (2015) At the first rehearsal for the premier in France, a sizeable minority of the musicians in the orchestra walked out. Times, Sunday Times (2015) However, many of the small minority of those in that group who did go into intensive care would later be discharged alive. Times,Sunday Times We will not allow a small minority, a reckless minority, to endanger us all. The Sun Some - a small minority - enjoyed not going to work but still being paid: fair enough. Times,Sunday Times Irish rugby players form a substantial minority of the British Lions team. THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom (2002) A substantial minority of families will always need the security and affordability of social renting. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Calls for a day of action and the possibility of strikes were rejected, but a substantial minority backed them. Times, Sunday Times (2006) However, he must be aware that this privilege was available only to a tiny minority. Times, Sunday Times We are still unduly influenced by the clergy, representing a tiny minority of the population. Times, Sunday Times In the dying days of his premiership, he accepts his real target should have been the 'tiny minority' who terrorise tower blocks and housing estates. The Sun These figures refer to a tiny minority with maximum 'clinical excellence' awards. Times, Sunday Times Another 16.2 percent of the population belonged to a non-aboriginal visible minority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The review also found visible minorities were under-represented by 182 people across the department, mostly in the science and professional category. canada.com In 1992, only 1 per cent of officers were visible minorities, compared with more than 5 per cent today. Globe and Mail That year seven out of the eight recipients were female and no visible minorities were represented. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He added that there was a vocal minority against the store, but others had welcomed it. Times, Sunday Times (2011) People in favour of abolishing the monarchy formed a vocal minority of visitors to the page yesterday. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He organised a petition of more than 100 residents but the council seemed uninterested, dismissing complainants as a vocal minority. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Translations: Chinese: 少数 Japanese: 少数派 |
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