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

• 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。
• 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。
• For the time being, Morgan's division may be summarized thus: Savagery& the period in which man's appropriation of products in their natural state predominates;
  现在我们可以把摩尔根的分期概括如下：蒙昧时代是以采集现成的天然产物为主的时期；
• A colour scheme in which red predominates
  以红色为主的色彩设计
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• While realism still predominates the New Period novels, the introduced modernism becomes a powerful confrontation.
  现实主义仍然是新时期小说的强大传统，现代主义的引入成为与之相对抗的强大力量。
• 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。