minority

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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. 少数

noun [集合/集体]少数,少数派;少数民族,少数群体;未成年时期,未成年身份;唯一持不同意见者;(议会)少数党得(或投)的票

Local authority child-care provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers.
地方政府提供的儿童保育服务只惠及了极少数上班族母亲们。

adjective [原级]少数的;少数民族的

A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
少数官员准备篡改规则。

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