a minority of nineteen couples 究竟该如何理解含义？

The bulk of the house gazed at it with a

burning interest, a mouth-watering interest, a wistful and pathetic

interest; a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly, lovingly,

proprietarily, and the male half of this minority kept saying over to

themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for the

audience's applause and congratulations which they were presently going

to get up and deliver.

1）疑问是：a minority of nineteen couples，

这里是表明“nineteen couples”中的少数（即少数只是nineteen couples的一部分），还是表明nineteen couples=少数=两者之间是相等的=同位语？

例如： two of us...我们中的二位。说明前者(two)是后者(us)的一部分。

那么，据此推断： a minority of nineteen couples，应该是 a minority 是 nineteen couples 的一部分。即 a minority 肯定不足 nineteen couples。

但是，根据小说的故事发展情节，要理解成 a minority = nineteen couples = 同位语 = 二者相等。

所以，我有点糊涂了，麻烦老师详解。

2）麻烦老师分析一下成分“and the male half of this minority kept saying over to

themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for the

audience's applause and congratulations which they were presently going

to get up and deliver.” 尤其是最后的get up 和 deliver 对应的宾语分别是什么？

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最佳答案 2020-09-27 17:56

1. The bulk of the house gazed at it with aburning interest, a mouth-watering interest, a wistful and patheticinterest; a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly, lovingly, proprietarily,

这里，a minority of 整个词组用作限定语。minority 还可单独用作名词，of 后面的成分作定语，这时of 短语中的名词需要特指，加定冠词。区别如下：

a minority of nineteen couples （少数的19对夫妇。具体多少对夫妇不知道，但19对是低于半数的数字）

a minority of the nineteen couples （那19对夫妇中的少数。最多9对。）

注意修饰关系，划线部分均为定语。

2. and the male half of this minority kept saying over to themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for theaudience's applause and congratulations which they were presently going to get up and deliver.

这个句子，其实就是找出定语从句修饰的先行词。即：speeches，因为 deliver speeches 才搭配。get up （站起来）不及物，没有宾语，只有 deliver 有宾语。