predominate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size. intransitive
    — With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate.
  2. To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole. intransitive
    — All in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness.
  3. To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Predominant. proscribed,sometimes
    — Eradication of disorder may indirectly reduce crime by stabilizing neighborhoods, but the direct link as formulated by proponents was not the predominate one in our study.

词形变化

predominates present,singular,third-person predominating participle,present predominated participle,past predominated past prædominate alternative,obsolete more predominate comparative most predominate superlative prædominate alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
preponderate prevail
衍生词
predominatingly

词源

词源 1
From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
词源 2
From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
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