predominate
- v. （数量上）占优势，占大多数；占主导地位，占支配地位； <罕>支配，主宰
- adj. 主要的，占支配地位的
[ 第三人称单数 predominates 现在分词 predominating 过去式 predominated 过去分词 predominated 比较级 more predominate 最高级 most predominate ]
专业释义英英释义
predominate [ pri'dɔmineit ]
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adj.
having superior power and influence
同义词： overriding paramount predominant preponderant preponderating
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
predominate /prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt/ ( predominating, predominated, predominates )
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V-I If one type of person or thing predominates in a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other. (在数量上) 占优势 [正式]
例：In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger.
在年龄较大的人群中，女性占多数，因为男性的寿命倾向于短些。
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V-I When a feature or quality predominates, it is the most important or noticeable one in a situation. 占主导地位 [正式]
例：He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate.
他想创建一个伊斯兰教信念占主导地位的社会。
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Very little light filters through the canopy of leaves and branches in a rain forest to reach ground level—or close to the ground—and at those levels the yellow-to-green wavelengths predominate.
在雨林中，很少有光透过树叶和树枝形成的树荫到达地面——或者接近地面——在这些高度上，黄色到绿色的波长占主导地位。
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Private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.
私人利益不得置于公众利益之上。
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"But the most wonderful thing is that despite all those tensions, people are able to worship freely, there is such a variety of different devotion and celebration in the streets of Jerusalem, and that's the spirit that really should predominate at this time."
VOA: standard.2010.04.01
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So the sense that one actually is pretty adept in knowing is one that tends to predominate in the university.
因此在大学中，认为自己了解很多,这种心态颇为流行。
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Against the backdrop of Marx's thought pervading - not just Russian life but beginning to pervade Russian government-- against this backdrop, the idea of struggle, as in class struggle, is going to predominate.
马克思的思想不但席卷,俄国普通百姓的生活，并且开始影响俄国政府-,在这样的背景下，人们认为阶级斗争是历史发展的主要推动力。
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