majority是什么意思？

majority

英[məˈdʒɒrəti] 美[məˈdʒɔrəti]

• n. 多数，（获胜的）票数，成年，法定年龄；

复数：majorities;

例句

• An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform. 绝大多数委员赞成实行币制改革。
• The Government has a working majority 政府（在议会中）掌握足够的多数（支持票）。
• The candidate was put in by a majority of one thousand. 这个候选人以一千票的多数当选。
• Opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification of the treaty. 民意调查表明2/3 的多数票赞成批准这个条约。
• The government’s majority has been whittled down to eight. 政府多数票减少到了八票。
• The vast majority of the people rallied to the new government. 大多数人民站在新政府一边。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority. 该法案以压倒多数通过。
• They won the election but only with a very slender majority. 他们仅以微弱的多数赢得了选举。
• She has reached her majority. 她已达到法定年龄。
• The draft resolution was adopted by a majority of 128. 这项提案以超过128票的多数获得通过。

同义词

• n.
  majority的同义词之：公共,普通,大众
  commonality, citizenry, public, the, populace,
  majority的同义词之：多数,大部分
  the, plurality, bulk, more, mass, than, half, must, part, preponderance, greater,
  majority的同义词之：成年,法定年龄
  adulthood, legal, voting, maturity, age, manhood, womanhood, drinking, of, consent,
• majority的同义词之：其他释义
  most,

反义词

• n.
  majority的反义词之：多数;成年
  minority,
• majority的反义词之：其他释义
  minority,

词组

• be in the majority
  belong to or constitute the larger group or number 属多数；占多数

英语四级真题

The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.
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The majority of them think it less important than computers.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
The majority of them find it interesting
出自-2013年6月听力原文

英语六级真题

Some version of the Swedish system might work well for a majority of American parents,but the United States is unlikely to fully embrace the Swedish model.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college's decision-making process.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING-COLL
  多数;大多数
  The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.
  例句
  The majority of my patients come to me from out of town... 大多数来找我看病的患者都是外省人。 The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk... 我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。
• N-COUNT
  多数票;超过对方的票数
  A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.
  例句
  Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine... 议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。 According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clear majority... 从大多数民意调查的结果来看，他很有可能以绝对多数票胜出。
• ADJ
  (观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的
  Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.
  例句
  ...her continuing disagreement with the majority view... 她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致 A majority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead. 这项计划若要实施，必须获得股东 75%的多数票。
• N-UNCOUNT
  法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁)
  Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.
  例句
  The age of majority in Romania is eighteen... 罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。 Once you reach your majority, you may do what you damned well please. 等你成年后，就可以随心所欲了。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  多数, 大多数; 半数以上
  A majority vote enabled the passage of the resolution. 多数人投赞成票使议案得以通过。 The majority of his books are kept upstairs. 他的大部分书收藏在楼上。 The majority of the damage is easy to repair. 这次的大部分损害容易补救。
  票数差距, 多得的票数, 超过的票数
  The draft resolution was adopted by a majority of 128. 这项提案以超过128票的多数获得通过。
  法定年龄; 成年
  She has reached her majority. 她已达到法定年龄。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;
  "the majority of his customers prefer it""the bulk of the work is finished"
  2. (elections) more than half of the votes
  3. the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs

行业词典

• 法律： 成年；多数；