社會裡的少數族群
把「切的標準」固定成族裔、宗教或語言，這塊比較小的部分就成了社會上談的少數族群。數量的意思還在，但重點已經移到身分和處境上。
ethnic minority · noun · B2
A group of people whose race, religion, or language is different from that of most people in a country.
少數族群
核心畫面
Picture a group split by a vote or a count, and the smaller piece — under half. Minority names that smaller piece. Which piece it is depends on what you counted: hands raised, languages spoken, or, in law, the years before someone is old enough to count as an adult.
可以想成：一群人被某個標準切成兩塊，其中比較小的那一塊，不到一半。minority 指的就是那一塊。至於切的標準是什…更多收起
可以想成：一群人被某個標準切成兩塊，其中比較小的那一塊，不到一半。minority 指的就是那一塊。至於切的標準是什麼，看情況——舉手的人數、講的語言、信的宗教；在法律用語裡，切的甚至是年紀。From the picture
固定說法：站在少數這一邊
把那塊比較小的部分變成一個位置，然後說某人站在裡面。兩個說法都是整串固定的句型，重點在「跟你同一邊的人很少」。
in the minority · noun · B2
To be part of the smaller group — less than half of the people in a place or situation.
佔少數
法律用語：未成年那段時間
這一支切的不是人群而是人生：法律上把成年之前那一段畫出來，稱為 minority，對應的成年之後是 majority。同樣是「還沒到那條線」的想法，只是量的是年紀。
legal minority (being underage) · noun · B2
The time in someone's life when they are still too young to be treated as an adult by the law.
未成年時期
Also in this word
minority (smaller part) · noun · B2
A small part of a larger group — less than half of the whole group.
少數
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
minoritynoun/maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/
- 1
The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
- 2
The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
- And lest any man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neighbours, and not to aid good neighbours, or that she was readier to restore what was invaded by others than to render what was in her own hands; see if the time provided not a new occasion afterwards, when through their own division, without the intermise of strangers, her forces were again sought and required; she forsook them not, prevailed so far as to be possessed of the castle of Edinburgh, the principal strength of that kingdom, with peace, incontinently, without cunctations or cavillations, the preambles of a wavering faith, she rendered with all honour and security; and his person to safe and faithful hands; and so ever after during his minority continued his principal guardian and protector.
- She also played a key role as dowager-regent during the minority of her son.
- 3
Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
- Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.
- Chuhsiung was in the heart of Yi country. The Yi made up the largest minority in Yunnan, with over three million members as of 1990. And their biggest concentration was in the mountains around Chuhsiung.
- 4
A member of an ethnic minority.
- The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.
- 5
human-sciencessciencessocial-scienceA group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
- But we have seen that one important difference between women and other minorities is that women's attitudes and self-conceptions are conditioned more largely by interaction with both minority and dominant group members
- 6
A Muslim.
minorityadj/maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/
- 1
Of or relating to a minority.
- They hold a minority interest in the company.
- 2
governmentpoliticsEmpowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
- minority government
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。