majority

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/    美 /məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪti/|/məˈd͡ʒɔɹ.ɪti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. More than half (50%) of some group. countable,uncountable
    — The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
  2. In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined. countable,uncountable
    — The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.
  3. Legal adulthood, age of majority. countable,dated,uncountable
    — By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
  4. The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major. UK,countable,uncountable
    — On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.
  5. Ancestors; ancestry. countable,uncountable
    — Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny.

词形变化

majorities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
absolute majority antimajority dictatorship of the majority ethnic majority global majority go over to the majority hypermajority join the majority majoritarian majoritize majority decision majority draw majority government majorityhood majority leader majority-minority majority opinion majority problem majority rule nonmajority sexual majority simple majority submajority supermajority supramajority tyranny of the majority vast majority working majority
相关词
major most quantifier

词源

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.
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