| 词汇 | preponderance |
| 释义 | preponderance noun[ S ] formaluk /prɪˈpɒn.dər.əns/ us /prɪˈpɑːn.dɚ.əns/(also preponderancy, uk /prɪˈpɒn.dər.ən.si/) the largest part or greatest amount: 优势;多数 The preponderance of evidence suggests that he's guilty.大量的证据表明他有罪。 The people who possessed the preponderancy of wealth began to think of ways of obtaining the preponderacy of power. The company, which has a preponderance of middle-aged customers, is now hoping to attract a younger clientele. The disease has a sexual preponderance; it is two times more common in women than men. Many families live in the area, thank to a preponderance of spacious homes. Masses and large amounts of things accumulation any number of thingsidiom armload backlog blood clot flood foam hyper-concentration inundation lion logjam many pile sight stack the lion's shareidiom wave after/upon waveidiom wedge welter wodge preponderance | American Dictionarypreponderance noun[ U ] us/prɪˈpɑn·dər·əns/ the largest part or greatest amount: The preponderance of evidence suggests the crash was an accident. Examples of preponderancepreponderance The gender ratio was equal, and significantly different from the female preponderance in unipolar disorder. As predicted, large urban schools serving many economically disadvantaged children were characterized by a preponderance of classrooms with high rates of student aggression. The preponderance of red and blue/purple/black fruits in our sample is undoubtedly a reflection of these colours being universally chosen by birds. A total lack of tone-splitting errors would support (19a), while a preponderance of tone-splitting errors would provide evidence for model (19b). This preponderance of infants resulted from the continued intake of babies born during the first 2 years of the study. Its popularity has ensured the preponderance of the heroic-nationalist school of interpretation. All the other counter-stains employed gave variable and inconsistent results, often with a preponderance of purple. The characteristic feature of the intra-familial system of mutual aid is the preponderance of donating pensioner families over receiving pensioner families. This may be explained by the poorer obstetric histories and the preponderance of high parity, low social class women in this group. She concludes that its preponderance in transcripts of trials suggests it is at least a feature of interactive discourse. Working-class and middle-class families produced co-narrations that were similar in referential\\evaluative functions and temporal structure, with a preponderance of positive content. Their numerical preponderance strengthened the representation of the politically apathetic against those seeking to bolster labour's autonomy from the state. In the economy tenacity is maintained by the preponderance of sales. The greater preponderance of small arthropods in acacias versus oaks was probably related to the small leaflet size of acacias. Although the pharmacological data are limited and do not directly address revonsuo's hypothesis, the preponderance of findings thus far are consistent with it. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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