majority 英 [məˈdʒɒrəti]   美 [məˈdʒɔrəti]

majority

majority  英 [məˈdʒɒrəti] 美 [məˈdʒɔrəti]

n. 多数 

名词复数:majorities 

The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. 大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。
The majority was in favour of banning smoking ., The majority were in favour of banning smoking . 大多数人支持禁烟。

  • Majority means “most of,” or the biggest part. Does the majority of what owls eat — mice, rats, squirrels, moles — sound appetizing to you? If not, you’re probably in the majority of people.
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  • n. 多数
  • 1. The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio.

    大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。

  • 2. The majority was in favour of banning smoking ., The majority were in favour of banning smoking .

    大多数人支持禁烟。

  • 3. a majority decision

    根据大多数人的意见作出的决定

  • 4. In the nursing profession, women are in a majority.

    女性在护理行业中占大多数。

  • 5. She was elected by a majority of 749., She was elected with a majority of 749.

    她以 749 票的多数票当选。

  • 6. a clear majority

    明显多数票

  • 7. They had a large majority over their nearest rivals.

    他们所得的票数远远超出名次仅次于他们的对手。

  • majority (n.) 1550s, "condition of being greater, superiority," from Middle French majorité (16c.), from Medieval Latin majoritatem (nominative majoritas) "majority," from Latin maior "greater" (see major (adj.)). Sense of "state of being of full age" is attested from 1560s; meaning "greater number or part" (of votes, etc.) first recorded 1690s. The majority "the dead" recorded from 1719; hence euphemistic verbal phrase join the majority.
ma·jor·ity AWL / məˈdʒɒrəti ; NAmE məˈdʒɔːrəti ; məˈdʒɑːrəti / noun ( plural ma·jor·ities ) 1 [singular + singular or plural verb ] majority(of sb/sth) the largest part of a group of people or things 大部份;大多数 The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. 大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。 The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking . 大多数人支持禁烟。 This treatment is not available in the vast majorityof hospitals. 绝大部份医院都不提供这种治疗。 a majority decision (= one that is decided by what most people want) 根据大多数人的意见作出的决定 In the nursing profession, women are in a/the majority. 女性在护理行业中占大多数。 OPP minority see also moral majority , the silent majority 2 [countable ] ( BrE) the number of votes by which one political party wins an election; the number of votes by which one side in a discussion, etc. wins (获胜的)票数;多数票 She was elected by/with a majorityof 749. 她以 749 票的多数票当选。 a clear (= large)majority 明显多数票 majority(over sb) They had a large majority over their nearest rivals. 他们所得的票数远远超出名次仅次于他们的对手。 The government does not have an overall majority (= more members than all the other parties added together). 政府没有获得绝对多数票。 The resolution was carried by a huge majority. 这项决议以大多数票赞成而获得通过。 collocationsat vote see also absolute majority 3 [countable ] ( NAmE) the difference between the number of votes given to the candidate who wins the election and the total number of votes of all the other candidates 超出其余各方票数总和的票数 see also plurality 4 [uncountable ] ( law ) the age at which you are legally considered to be an adult 成年的法定年龄 majority majorities ma·jor·ity / məˈdʒɒrəti ; NAmE məˈdʒɔːrəti ; məˈdʒɑːrəti /
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