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。

Builders erected these walls for protection from invasion by those from the north.

筑建长城是为了抵御北方少数民族的入侵。

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。

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。

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.

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，少数人使用的语言遭到人们抛弃，其价值便随降低。

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。

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一。

As part of her job, she conducted field research on toxic substances in the environment, often in minority communities located near large industrial polluters.

作为工作的一部分，她经常大型工厂污染区附近的少数社区实地研究环境中的有毒物质。

Many Asian-American students found themselves in limbo, unable to identify with the white majority, but separated by definition from the minorities on campus.

许多亚裔美国学生发现无法确自己的身份，他们不能和白人打成一片，义上又和校园里的少数族裔是分开的。

He is contemptuous of environmentalism and of indigenous reserves, which he sees as unfairly blocking economic development (a minority of the indigenous agree with him).

他蔑视环保主义和土著保护区，他认为这不公平地阻碍了经济发展(少数土著同意他的观点)。

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。

Only those who see a large number of dissenting opinions among the people they follow on Twitter will reconsider and examine the opposing viewpoint.

只有那些推特中跟贴的人群中那些看到了大部分持不同意见的人才重新考虑然后检验一下少数一方的观点。

Spending cuts fall disproportionately on the less well-off; and, even before the crunch, median incomes were stagnating.

削减开支比列严重失衡，大部分负担落了少数富人的肩膀上；甚至信贷危机到来前，中产阶级的收入就已经停止停滞不前。

And I guess with fewer places to inhabit, they concentrate in greater numbers in few areas, which surely makes them easier targets for the hunters.

而且我想，由于可居住的地方较少，它们集中少数地区的数量较大，这肯使它们更容易成为猎人的目标。

Amongst widespread discontent, a minority Shiite group from the north came along, the Houthi rebels.

广泛的不满情绪中，来自北方的少数什叶派组织胡塞叛军也随而来。

China, Iran, Cuba, and Russia are among a handful of countries that support President Maduro who says he was fairly elected and that international assistance isn't needed in Venezuela.

中国，伊朗，古巴，以及俄罗斯是少数支持Madur总统的国家。Maduro总统说，他是公平选举产生的，内瑞拉不需要国际援助。

Only a certain number are available and you have to make seat reservation for these.

只有少数车次的车票可以使用，而且你必须提前预订。

She advocated for minority rights across the British Empire.

她倡导整个大英帝国的少数民族权利。