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)
predominate的第三人称单数

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

• Of these, as the endless daily parade of desperation and diagnoses makes evident, it is pain whose presence predominates.
  如同平日无尽的绝望和诊断结果所证明的，疼痛在这三者中最为突出。
• 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？
• Which of the two predominates depends on how a particular economy works.
  二者之中由谁主宰，取决于特定经济体是如何运作的。
• 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；
• 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。
• In normal circumstances, our hominid brain predominates.
  在正常情况下，我们大脑中的人类外层起着主导作用。
• In these markets too, speculation predominates over enterprise.
  同样还是在这些市场，投机胜过了投资。
• Leaders should follow the rule of listening to both sides and never be partial toward either side. It must be affirmed that the bright side predominates over the dark whether internationally, at home or in the Party.
  作为领导一定要懂得兼听则明，偏信则暗的道理，多听意见，不可偏信。应当肯定，不论国际、国内、党内形势，都是光明面占优势，黑暗面占劣势。
• The keto form predominates in many aldehydes and ketones, the enol form in phenols.
  在许多醛和酮中酮基都是最主要的组分。
• A good, informative back label tells us this blend is mainly 2008 and Pinot Noir predominates.
  背标显示其原料主要来自于2008年份，以黑比诺葡萄为主。