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majority
[英] [məˈdʒɔriti] [美] [məˈdʒɔrɪti, -ˈdʒɑr-] 生词本

n.

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1. N-SING-COLL 多数;大多数 The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them. 

  • 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。

  • As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes...

    这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。

  • If a group is in a majority or in the majority, they form more than half of a larger group.占多数；拥有多数；过半数

    • Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.

      调查表明，该条约的支持者仍然占大多数。

2. 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. 

  • 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。

  • The Trust's annual meeting has decided by a narrow majority to ban deer hunting.

    国民托管组织的年度会议以微弱的多数票决定禁止猎鹿。

3. 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. 

  • ...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。

4. 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. 

  • 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。

5. See also: absolute majority; moral majority;  
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

法律

  • 1.成年
  • 2.多数

计算机

  • 1.多数(逻辑)
1. He was elected by a large majority [by a majority of 3240].
他以大多数票[超过对方3240票]当选。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. A large majority of elderly Americans depend solely on social security income.
大多数上了年纪的美国人仰仗社会保险金过活。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. A majority vote enabled the passage of the resolution.
多数人投赞成票使议案得以通过。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. 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。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.
大会对于重要问题的决定，应由出席并参加表决的会员国2/3多数决定。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. He believes that his supporters are in the majority.
他相信支持他的人占多数。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. He is elected by a majority of 40 votes against 10.
他以40票对10票的大多数票当选。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. He was voted in by a handsome majority.
他以多数票当选。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. He will reach his majority next year.
明年他将到成年年龄。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

10. His behavior is injurious to the interests of the vast majority of people.
他的行为有损于大多数人民的利益。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. If college degrees remain an entree to wealth and status in the 21st century, males may have to get used to the same second-class status that American women so long endured, as highly educated females become the majority among the nation's intellectual, economic, and even power elite.
假如在21世纪大学学位仍然是获得财富和地位的敲门砖的话，那么随着受教育程度高的妇女成为美国知识界、经济界甚至掌权人物中的多数，男人们可能要习惯于忍受过去美国妇女忍受了很长时间的那种从属地位了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. In the general population, right-handed people are in the majority.
在一般人中，惯用右手的人占大多数。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of course the former are the majority. They have their compensations.
也可以说，勤劳而有理性的、对社会有益的人共分为两类：第一类人的工作是工作，娱乐是娱乐；第二类人的工作就是娱乐。当然，第一类人是绝大多数，他们劳逸均衡。

来自《用法词典》

14. It's easier to go with the tide than to oppose the views of the majority.
顺应潮流要比反对大多数人的意见来得容易。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. It's easier to swim with the tide than to oppose the views of the majority.
顺应潮流要比反对大多数人的意见来得容易。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. 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。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. Our just and severe statement has won the support of the overwhelming majority.
我们义正辞严的声明赢得了大多数的支持。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. Part-time workers, the majority of whom are women, are doubly disadvantaged.
兼职工作者多数为女性，处于双重的不利条件下。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. She has reached her majority.
她已达到法定年龄。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. The Government has a working majority.
政府（在议会中）掌握足够的多数（支持票）。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》