plurality /plʊəˈrælɪtɪ/

• 1. 

  QUANT-PLURAL If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. 许多; 众多 [正式]

  例：

  Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.

  联邦制意味着数个政治机构，各自有自己的权力。

• 2. 

  QUANT-PLURAL If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea. 多数 [正式]

  例：

  35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change.

  35%的多数民众认为经济改革只会带来微乎其微的变化。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates. 相对多数票 [美国英语]

  例：

  He only got a plurality on November 3, just 49 percent.

  他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second. 票数差额 [美国英语]

  例：

  Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.

  富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。