preponderate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight. transitive
    — an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes
  2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. transitive
    — That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield.
  3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. obsolete,transitive
    — The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.
  4. To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate. intransitive
    — Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress.

词形变化

preponderates present,singular,third-person preponderating participle,present preponderated participle,past preponderated past

词汇关系

衍生词
preponderately preponderatingly unpreponderating
相关词
preponder preponderance preponderant

词源

From Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh”).
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