What is most worrying about the whole problem is, perhaps, that it is yet another instance of the innocent majority being penalized and inconvenienced because of the actions of a small minority.
也许整个问题中最令人担忧的部分是,另一个无辜的群体因为少数人的行为而受到惩罚并深受困扰的例子。
The minority is subordinate to the majority.
少数服从多数。
Finnish tradition prefers majority to minority coalitions and ignores left-right divisions to forge a consensus with two or three of the big parties.
传统芬兰人偏爱多数的联合甚于少数联合,并且不相信由两三个大党分工合作而伪造出来的统一民意。
If it somehow managed to win a genuine election, it would have to serve the needs of the rural majority instead of the urban minority.
如果它在真正的选举中勉强赢得胜利,肯定要服务于农村大多数而不是城市少数人的需要。
Managers must consider minority opinions at times, and occasionally work to convince the majority to give an unpopular approach a chance to succeed.
经理有时必须考虑少数人的意见,而有时确信大多数人,给不流行的方法一个成功的机会。
A federal election is expected as early as next spring, when Mr Harper hopes to turn his minority into a majority.
联邦选举预计最早将在明年春天举行,哈珀希望到时自己能从少数派成为多数派。
She made a mistake common to candidates who take a position supported by a disorganized majority but opposed by an organized and animated minority.
她犯了某种候选人经常犯的一个错误,这种候选人受到无组织的大多数人支持,但被有组织的、活跃的少数人反对。
But we are very clear we don't want to punish the majority for the SINS of the minority.
但是我们也清楚我们并不想因为少数人的过错而惩罚大多数人。
The real good and bad scholars are a minority, whereas the medium or even mediocre ones a majority.
真正好和真正差的学者总不会是多数,而相对平常甚至平庸的学者总会较多。
But those who are unhappy with the system are in the minority; the majority of them are satisfied with their lot and are biding time until they too take up more senior positions.
不满意学术体系的终究只占少数,大部分人还是安于命运,耐心等待,直到自己也获得更高的地位。
Justices who sign on to either the majority or minority opinion may also add their own opinions, singularly and collectively, that augment the group opinion.
持多数派意见和持少数派意见的法官们都可以在判决书中加上他们自己的意见。
Some compromise is fair enough, you might think: otherwise the majority Dutch-speakers could always outvote the minority who speak French (this is certainly how Francophones present matters).
一些妥协是足够公平的,你也许会想:是不是将荷兰语的多数人的得票经常多于讲法语的少数人(事实上这正是法语人群所面临的问题)。
"Pakistan lives under great intimidation, so it doesn't matter whether extremism is a majority opinion or minority," says Khaled Ahmed, an analyst.
“巴基斯坦人生活在极度的恐吓之中,因此关于极端主义是代表多数人意见还是少数人意见的问题无足轻重,”一名名叫卡勒德•艾哈迈德的分析家说道。
“Pakistan lives under great intimidation, so it doesn’t matter whether extremism is a majority opinion or minority,” says Khaled Ahmed, an analyst.
“巴基斯坦人生活在极度的恐吓之中,因此关于极端主义是代表多数人意见还是少数人意见的问题无足轻重,”一名名叫卡勒德•艾哈迈德的分析家说道。
Article 53 An award shall be based on the opinion of the majority arbitrators. The opinion of the minority arbitrators shall be recorded in writing.
第五十三条裁决应当按照多数仲裁员的意见作出,少数仲裁员的不同意见可以记入笔录。
A majority party nominee usually has the advantage of support over a minority party one. A major-party nominee always gets higher approval rating than a minor-party nominee.
多数党被提名者得到的支持率往往高出少数党候选人。
While the majority of modern browsers support XMLHttpRequest, there will always be a minority of users whose browsers do not, or whose browser security Settings prevent XMLHttpRequest from being used.
虽然主要的现代浏览器都支持XMLHttpRequest,但仍然有少数用户的浏览器不支持,或者浏览器的安全设置阻止使用XMLHttpRequest。
"The multiracial kids are able to" place one foot in the majority and one in the minority group, and in this way might be buffered against the negative consequences of feeling tokenized.
那些混血儿能够“一脚踩在多数派一边,另一只脚踩在少数派一边”,并以这种方式缓冲感觉自己被“记号化”带来的消极影响。
On the surface, the principles of majority rule and the protection of individual and minority rights would seem contradictory.
从表面看,多数决定与保护个人和少数派权利的原则似乎相互矛盾。
Opinion polls suggest that the Conservatives, who have governed with a parliamentary minority since 2006, now might win a majority.
民意调查显示自2006年以来保守党仅控制少数国会议员,现在可能会控制绝大多数。
Indeed, if there were no prior convention, where, unless the election were unanimous, would be the obligation on the minority to submit to the choice of the majority?
事实上,倘若没有事先的约定,除一致同意的选举外,少数人服从多数人的选择的义务从何而来?
This can be done – the majority of humanity can cast off the tiny minority of parasites.
这是可以做到的,因为人类中占绝大多的群体有能力抛弃那些极少数的寄生虫。
But when residential non-vocational degrees for a minority are replaced by hurried part-time vocational ones for the majority, going to university is likely to lose its career-enhancing effect.
当为少数设置的稳定的非专业学位被为多数开设的短期职业培训所代替时,上大学可能正在失去强化职业性的效果。
And that we are basically being the majority oppressing the minority in a different light.
少数派发出不同的光芒,而我们就是压迫他们的多数派。
We need to tackle the minority that misuse alcohol rather than making the majority pay more for the simple pleasure of a bottle of wine.
我们应该对付那些少数的滥用酒精者而不是让大多数人为了饮酒的乐趣而多付钱。
We need to tackle the minority that misuse alcohol rather than making the majority pay more for the simple pleasure of a bottle of wine.
我们应该对付那些少数的滥用酒精者而不是让大多数人为了饮酒的乐趣而多付钱。
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