plurality

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being plural. uncountable
    — Nominal plurality in Basque is originally exclusively marked on definite determiners and not on nouns.
  2. The holding of multiple benefices. countable,uncountable
    — It was the complaint and lamentation of Prelats, upon every least breath of a motion to remove pluralities, and distribute more equally Church revennu's, that then all learning would be for ever dasht and discourag'd.
  3. A state of being numerous. countable
  4. A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority. countable
    — “America will soon belong to the men and women … who can comfortably walk into a room and accept with real comfort the sensation that … there are no real majorities, only pluralities and coalitions.
  5. A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast. countable
    — To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required.
  6. A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes. countable
    — Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500;[…]. Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.
  7. A group of many entities: a large number. countable
    — A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.
  8. A group composed of more than one entity. countable
    — The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.
  9. Polygamy. countable,uncountable
  10. Synonym of multiplicity (“the condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body”). countable,uncountable
    — In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and plurality are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, […]

词形变化

pluralities plural

词汇关系

反义词
singularity
衍生词
plurality rule
并列词
superminority qualified minority simple majority relative majority absolute majority qualified majority supermajority

词源

From plural + -ity, from Middle English pluralite, from Old French pluralité (“multitude, state of being plural”), from Latin plūrālitās.
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