minority
Artistic people are in a tiny minority in this country.
爱好艺术的人在这个国家只占少数。
The minority nationality concert lasted two hours.
少数民族音乐会持续了两个小时。
A minor road connects the highways.
一条小路同几条公路相连。
I don't want to go into the minor details now.
我现在不想涉及枝节问题。
We can afford to overlook minor offences.
我们可以不计较小过。
A small minority voted against the motion.
投票反对该提议的人占少数。
I made minor alterations to the article.
我对这篇文章作了小规模的修改。
I major in French and minor in English.
我学习的主科是法语，副科是英语。
Only a minority of British households do not have a car.
英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
He was admitted to hospital with minor burns.
他因轻度烧伤而入院。
It is surprised that he should swing for such a minor mistake.
他为这么点小错受罚太让人奇怪了。
I've made a few minor adjustments to the seating plan.
我对座次表作了小小的调整。
She acted as a minor role in the play.
她在剧中扮演了一个次要的角色。
A person such as a minor who have a right under the authority of a guardian.
如一个未成年人的权利，他的权利受监护人的管辖。
He's prone to minor ailments.
他动不动就生点小病。
Person who act on behalf of a minor is a defendant in a court case.
在一案子中代表未成年人被告的监护人。
She noticed several minor inconsistencies in his argument.
她觉察到他的论点有几处略微有些自相矛盾。
The plan was approved, with some minor modifications.
那计画已批准，仅作了些许更动。
The two minority parties sign an electoral pact not to oppose each other in certain constituency.
两个多数党签订了一个在某些选区互不反对的选举公约。
It take a major operation to extract money from a minor poet.
要从小诗人那儿榨出钱来，得施行一次大手术。
I see no reason for you to blow this minor issue up into a major one.
我看你没有理由把这点小事夸大为重大事件。
The nationality of the minority groups in that country is still at issue.
在那个国家的少数民族的国籍问题上仍有争论。
The police have been called in to quell a minor disturbance.
警察奉命出动以平息一场小规模的骚乱。
His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
他处理不善使小事变大了。
The idea is also expressed by minor poet on the periphery of the movement.
该运动外围一些不大出名的诗人也表达了这些观点。
Only minor critics can find leisure for the chase of such small deer.
只有次要的批评家才有闲功夫追究这些无足轻重的小事。
Since the two main parties each win the same number of seat, the minority party holds the balance of power.
由于两个主要政党都赢得了相同数量的席位，因此作为少数派的政党居于举足轻重的地位。
Since the two main parties each won the same number of seats, the minority party holds the balance of power.
由於两个主要政党都赢得了相同数量的席位，因此作为少数派的政党居於举足轻重的地位。
My mother and my sister-in-law have been arguing about such minor details for a long time.
好长时间，我妈妈和我嫂子一直争论这样小的细节问题。
As we have more important matters to take up at the meeting, we'd better not dwell too long on minor issues.
会议要讨论许多更重要的事情，因此大家最好不要在那些次要问题上多费口舌。
We can only make minor concessions, but it might break the deadlock.
我们只能做些较小的让步，但这就可能打破僵局。
He used his car for business purpose, and many of the minor repairs were done on the house.
他常用私车办公事，许多次小修费用都由公家报销。
It's only a minor scratch on your car-there's no need to go off the deep end.
你的汽车只擦坏了一点儿——没有必要发脾气。
The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by (a) plebiscite.
该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决。
I asked the car breaker if he had a fuel pump for a1967 Morris Minor and lo and behold he produced one immediately.
我问汽车修理工他是否有1967年生产的莫里斯·迈纳车的油泵，使我惊奇的是他竟然马上拿出一个来。
He left most of his money to his sons; his daughter received only a minor share of his wealth.
他把大部分的钱都留给了他的几个儿子，他女儿只拿到其中的小部分。
You should be thankful to have escaped/that you have escaped with only minor injuries.
你仅受轻伤而脱险，应感到欣慰。
It has been suggested that in order to present a united front to a threatening world, the minority should now surrender its convictions and join the majority.
有人建议，力了对威胁我们的世界组成统一战绩，少数派现在不应谴责多数派，而应加入多数派。
Petty criminals in the eighteenth century got the rough end of the stick when they were transported to Australia for what we would now regard as minor offences.
18世纪的轻罪犯们受到了不公正的待遇，那时他们因我们现在认为的小过错而被流放到澳大利亚。
Political experts say it's a pipe dream for Republicans to win black and other minority votes in any significant numbers in1988, whether the Rev.Jesse Jackson is on the Democratic ticket or not.
政情专家们说，无论杰克逊牧师是否成为民主党候选人，共和党若想在1988年在黑人或其他少数族裔中得到可观的选票，仍是梦想。
The passengers became alarmed when the lights went out on the plane, but the captain put their minds at rest when he told them it was only a minor electrical fault and it would soon be repaired.
当飞机上的灯一下子熄灭时，旅客显得很紧张，但当机长告诉他们这只不过是一次电气故障，很快就会修好时，他们才放下心来。
Helping minority women to economic equality.
帮助少数民族妇女取得经济上的平等权利
In spite of the great number of denominations, students of religious practice in the United State find that in many cases there are no major differences in belief, and only minor ones in ritual between many of the Protestant denominations.
尽管有大量的宗教派别，研究美国宗教惯常做法的学者发现，在许多情况下，许多新教教派之间在信仰方面并没有多大的不同，只是在仪式方面有较小的差异。
A minor key, scale, or interval.
小调音、短音阶或短音程
A minor scratch or abrasion.
擦伤一个轻微的擦伤或磨损
On some minor points members of the committee divide with one another.
＂在一些细节问题上，委员们意见各不相同。＂
The Asian part of Turkey. It is usually considered synonymous with Asia Minor.
安纳托利亚土耳其的亚洲部分，一般认为等同于小亚细亚
A jail for the detention of military personnel guilty of minor offenses or awaiting court-martial.
军人禁闭室军队中拘禁犯有轻微过失的军人或等候军事宣判的军人的监牢
A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a subconscious motive.
动作倒错，失误动作一种如口误等被认为能揭示潜意识动机的小错误
A minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services.
教区助理人员昔日被英国教会雇佣来在小教区教堂礼拜时，引人入座、维持秩序的人