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

• If the water predominates, death is prompt, the man is swallowed up; if earth predominates, death is slow.
  如果水占优势，将出现淹没现象，人便迅速死亡，如泥占优势，死亡便缓慢，这就是下陷。
• 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。
• Sickle-cell disease predominates in Africa.
  镰状细胞病主要见于非洲。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 these markets too, speculation predominates over enterprise.
  同样还是在这些市场，投机胜过了投资。
• A colour scheme in which red predominates
  以红色为主的色彩设计
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates
  英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
• 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。