minority/məˋnɔrətI; maIˈnɒrəti or maIˈnɒrIti/n plural minorities 1 [singular 单数] a small part of a larger group of people or things [→ majority] 少数: +of Only a minority of students get a first-class degree. 只有少数学生获得一级荣誉学位。2 [C usually plural 一般用复数] plural minorities a group of people of a different race or religion than most people in a country 少数民族﹔少数群体: children from ethnic minorities 来自少数民族的儿童language classes for minority groups 为少数族群开办的语言课the teaching of minority languages in schools 学校里少数民族语言的教授3 be in the/a minority to form less than half of a larger group 占少数: Boys are very much in the minority in the dance class. 舞蹈班里男孩子占极少数。