preponderance
英 [prɪ'pɒnd(ə)r(ə)ns]
美[prɪ'pɑndərəns]
- n. 优势；多数；占优势
英文词源
- preponderance (n.)
- 1680s, "greater weight," from Latin praeponderans, present participle of praeponderare "make heavier" (see preponderate). Sense of "greater importance" is from 1780; that of "greater number" is from 1845.
双语例句
- 1. There is a preponderance of tiger in the forest.
- 森林里老虎数量最多.
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- 2. There is not sufficient preponderance over enemy in the front line.
- 在前线,我们对于敌人并没有显著的优势.
来自辞典例句
- 3. This preponderance of military spending all ten years of Obama's medium - term scenario.
- 这种军费开支的权重优势贯穿奥巴马的中期十年.
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- 4. The least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale.
- 给任何一个盘子增加最微小的重量都会使天平失去平衡.
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- 5. There is a preponderance of hot days inand August.
- 八月份以炎热的天气为主.
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