The minority is subordinate to the majority.

少数服从多数。

It's a preferential policy for an ethnic minority family to have two children.

少数民族家庭可以享受优待政策生2个孩子。

The government will no longer be a committee at the service of a rapacious minority.

今后，政府将不再是服务于少数贪婪者的委员会。

I am proud to be in the small minority of students who " earn as they learn" and absorb the cost of their own university education in spite of the many obstacles.

我是少数派学生中的一员，通过“勤工助学”、克服种种困难去承担自己的学费，我为此而感到自豪。

If someone has Ebola, they need to be quarantined with minimal visitors.

如果有人感染了埃博拉病毒，他们需要被隔离，只能接触极少数的人。

That's because half of the escalator is reserved for a minority of people.

那是因为扶梯的一半给了少数人使用。

A small number of companies that control an industry is called an oligopoly.

少数控制一个行业的公司被称为寡头垄断。

But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.

可美国一路走来，不断前进，我们初心不忘，福泽弥远，而非利及少数。

During a church service in Cape Town, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Mandela helped lead the country to reconciliation as he dismantled white minority rule.

在开普敦举行的礼拜式上，退休的大主教德斯蒙德·图图表示，曼德拉结束了少数白人的统治，领导南非走向和解。

Conversely, the value of a minority language is diminished as people abandon it.

相反，少数人使用的语言会遭到人们抛弃，其价值便会随之降低。

And so importantly right now, the experience must make it clear, that the safety of women, minorities, and anyone who may be vulnerable is a right, not a privilege.

现如今同样重要的是，大学必须清楚地让学生知道：女性、少数族群和其他弱势群体的安全问题绝不是特权，而是他们的基本权利。

A handful of unarmed citizens provided protection.

少数没有配备武器的市民为他提供了保护。

As a white student at Mission San Jose, Hanna Raudsep is a minority.

汉纳·罗塞普作为白人是美国圣何塞使命高中里的少数。

The chances are that few if any of you will leave your names to be cut into those stones.

很可能将来，你们当中几乎没有人可以把名字留在那些石墙上，如果有的话也是极少数。

It's one of the few herbivores that can digest pine needles.

它是极少数能够消化松针的草食动物之一。

A handful remain at large, according to police.

据警方称，仍有少数人在逃。

In fact, they found an achievable nonpartisan solution that targets the root of unhealthy competition — revamp our elections with a final-five voting model, an experiment already underway in a handful of US cities and states.

事实上，他们找到了一个可实现的无党派解决方案，它针对的是恶性竞争的根源——用最后五轮投票模式改造我们的举，这个实验已经在美国少数几个城市和州进行了。

This means that there are many complex concepts that contain a ton of information, most of which can be captured by a simple description with only a few features.

这意味着大多数包含大量信息的复杂概念可以用少数几个特性简单描述。

Many, many women would die in childbirth, and a few would get very old, and these very old people might have had a very special status in the society.

很多女性难产而死，只有少数人能活到很老。那些年龄较大的人在这样的社会里可能享有很特别的地位。

It is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few.

为少数人的奢侈买单的，是多数人的痛苦。