predominates

英 [prɪˈdɒmɪneɪts]

美 [prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪts]

v.  (数量上)占优势; 以…为主; 占主导地位; 有最大影响(或重要性)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB （在数量上）占优势，占大多数
  If one type of person or thingpredominatesin a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other.
  1. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...
     在老年群体中女性占大多数，因为男性的寿命往往较短。
  2. All nationalities were represented — but the English predominated.
     所有国家都有代表出席——但是英格兰人占大多数。
• VERB 占主导地位；占支配地位；突出
  When a feature or qualitypredominates, it is the most important or noticeable one in a situation.
  1. He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate.
     他想创造一个以伊斯兰教戒律为主导的社会。

双语例句

• A form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine.
  一种磷灰石，其中氟支配氯。
• But idleness predominates in many lives where it is not suspected;
  懒散主宰了许多人的生活，而不为人所知；
• When the trade efficiency is good and specialization economy predominates complementary economy, system innovation occurs.
  当交易效率较高，且专业化经济大于制度的互补性经济时，制度创新出现。
• Sickle-cell disease predominates in Africa.
  镰状细胞病主要见于非洲。
• The dotted lines indicate the structure of the sentence: English predominates and some Hebrew text is embedded.
  虚线表示句子的结构：英文主导以及一些嵌入式的希伯来文本。
• If the water predominates, death is prompt, the man is swallowed up; if earth predominates, death is slow.
  如果水占优势，将出现淹没现象，人便迅速死亡，如泥占优势，死亡便缓慢，这就是下陷。
• In these markets too, speculation predominates over enterprise.
  同样还是在这些市场，投机胜过了投资。
• Now it is the "Left" tendency that predominates in the country as a whole, although a Right tendency is to be found in some areas, too.
  今天，从全国范围来说，主要的倾向是左，也有右的倾向，但不是主要的。
• Do these complexes have a will of their own or do we, in the end, choose which complex predominates?
  这些情结是不是有它们自发的意志？或者我们最终可以选择让某些情结占优势？
• A colour scheme in which red predominates
  以红色为主的色彩设计