A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

少数官员准备篡改规则。

Only a minority of young people play classical instruments.

只有少数年轻人弹奏古典乐器。

A minority of millions is not at all unusual.

几百万人构成一个少数群体，根本算不得反常。

Only a minority of people support these new laws.

只有少数的人支持这些新法律。

It tells us that a minority of people identify as gay.

它告诉我们，有那么一小群人承认是gay。

This is great – but represents a minority of their systems.

这很棒，但这仅仅代表了所有系统的一小部分。

They are a minority of the company, which has about 80 Rockettes.

在总共有80名火箭女郎的舞团里，她们只是一小部分。

A minority of the children wanted a dance, but the majority chose a picnic.

少数孩子想开舞会，而多数孩子都选择野餐。

Orascom has a minority of seats on the board of directors and is a largely a silent partner.

Orascom公司在董事局占少数席位，并且在很大程度上是个秘密合伙人。

Only a minority of borrowers abruptly ceased to make payments, as someone choosing to default would.

只有少数借贷者突然停止还款，选择违约的人通常都会这么做。

There is of course a minority of the media that vehemently argue against Rose winning the MVP award.

当然，也有少数媒体对罗斯是否能当选MV P持强烈的否定态度。

Such issues affect only a minority of customers, but they add to CORBA's bad press and limit its market.

这样的问题仅仅影响小部分的用户，但是它们增加了CORBA的负面新闻并且限制了CORBA的市场。

First, only a minority of Americans (essentially, those without employer-provided coverage) would be eligible.

首先只有一小部分美国人(主要是那些不享有雇主提供医保的人群)可以参加公共医保。

Where deaths have occurred among the wild population due to H5N1 infection, only a minority of birds appear to have been affected.

在出现因感染H5N1死亡野禽的地区，表现出感染症状的鸟只是少数。

I would say that a minority of my surgeries are performed completely to my satisfaction particularly regarding acetabular fractures.

我想说的是对于髋臼骨折，只有少部分我完成手术完全令我满意。

I'm trying to capture what I think they look like, which is many times a minority of their typical expressions, or their typical stance.

我一直试图捕捉他们在我眼中的形象，那些他们多次表现的典型表情，或典型姿势。

Trying to track everything is wasteful, especially if the lion's share of profits comes from lines that make up a minority of overall production.

试图跟踪所有的信息是很浪费的，尤其当最多的利润来自小部分产品时。

Countries where Internet users make up a minority of the population have a larger growth potential than countries where Internet users are in majority.

相比那些互联网用户数占人口总数大部分的国家而言，互联网用户数只占人口总数的一小部分的国家发展潜力比较大。

A minority of central bankers (mainly in Europe) and many observers (including the Economist) have long argued that the Fed should try harder to prevent bubbles.

长期以来少数央行行长(集中于欧洲)和很多观察家(包括TE)主张联储应尽力防范泡沫。

Not all people like to do outdoor or indoor activities to keep fit, so an increase in the number of sports facilities will only benefit a minority of people.

并不是所有的人都喜欢通过室内外的运动来强身健体，所以体育设施的兴建往往只会满足少部分人的利益。

Whatever the reasons, a moral malaise has gripped a minority of young Britons, a subgroup that is nevertheless big enough to terrorise and humiliate the country.

无论何种原因作祟，道德畸形已经影响到英国的一小部分年轻人，尽管是一个小团体，但是足以针对自己的国家实施恐怖袭击或公开羞辱。

In a minority of cases, moral absolutism is taken to the more constrained position that actions are moral or immoral regardless of the circumstances in which they occur.

在少数范例里，道德绝对主义被置于更加强制的约束位置，认为一个行为是道德的还是不道德的，与它发生的环境无关。

The new policy also recognizes that for a long time now only a minority of "adjustment" lending operations have been preceded by a crisis to which adjustment is necessary.

新的政策还认识到，在此之前很长一段时间内，只有在少数的“调整”贷款业务之前出现过必须予以调整的危机。

“In demographic terms, ” Mr. Ferguson says, “the population of Western societies has long represented a minority of the world’s inhabitants, but today it is clearly a dwindling one.

弗格森说，“用人口统计学的术语来讲就是，西方社会长期代表着全世界的小众人口，但是当今社会，这种小众化趋势明显逐渐减小。

Only a minority of high school teachers are effectively educating students about evolution, with many expressing personal views rather than the assigned curriculum. John Rennie comments.

只有少数中学教师能够有效地向学生传输进化论的知识，而大部分老师只是发表个人见解，未能按照课程大纲来授课。

Perhaps its biggest new feature is something only a minority of Mac owners will ever use: built-in compatibility with Microsoft's Exchange corporate email, calendar and contacts service.

也许它最大的新功能只有少数的Mac用户才会用到：与微软Exchange企业电子邮件、日历和通讯录服务的内置兼容性。