minor /ˈmainə/ adj. 1.较小的，较少的：a minor issue 枝节问题；a minor party 少数党 2.较次的：a minor part in a play 剧中的配角；a minor injury 轻伤；a minor poet 二流诗人
minority /maiˈnɔriti/ n. 1.［u］少数；［c］少数派: a minority report 持不同意见的少数人单独提出的报告 The nation wants peace; only a minority want/wants the war to continue. 全国人民要和平，只有少数人希望继续打仗。［考句］ Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a minority.大多数护士是妇女，但在高层的医务工作中，妇女只是少数。2.［c］少数民族: national minorities 少数民族
