be in a/the minority
是少数派(尤指在投票的两部分人中)be in the smaller of especially two voting groups
I'm in a minority of one.我是唯一的少数派。
Boys are very much in the minority at the dancing class.舞蹈班里男生占极少数。
句型例句
Only a minority of British households do〔does〕not have a car.英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
The minority is subordinate to the majority.少数服从多数。
The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.全国想要和平,只有少数人希望战争持续下去。
The interests of the minorities should be protected.少数民族的利益应该得到保护。
Three numbers of the committee disagreed with the main report, so they produced a minority report.委员会中三名委员不同意该主要报告,因此他们提出一个代表少数人意见的报告。
正误解析
他是与会者当中唯一的少数民族代表。
[误] He was the only minority who attended the meeting.
[正] He was the only minority representative who attended the meeting.
[析] minority作“少数民族”解时不能指某少数民族中的具体的人。