| 单词 | minority |
| 释义 | minority minority /; AmE ; / noun (plural minorities)
BLOCKING MINORITY
1 [sing. with sing./pl. verb] the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group: Only a small minority of these businesses makes/make decent profits. There is a minority view that interest rates will fall. Those in favour of the scheme were in a/the minority. OPP MAJORITY
2 [sing.] (usually used as an adjective) used to describe a person or an organization that owns a smaller share of a business than the main owner, or the share of the business that they own: They hold a minority stake in the business. She paid €2 billion to buy out the minority investors and take full control of the company. ⇨ MAJORITY (3)
a minority investor/owner/partner/shareholder a minority holding/investment/share/stake |
| 随便看 |
英汉经管词典收录了11049条经济管理类英汉双解词条，基本涵盖了经济学、管理学、金融学、会计学、证券期货、商务活动等领域的常用英语单词及短语词组的翻译及用法，是学习及工作的有利工具。