| 词汇 | dominant |
| 释义 | dominant adjective uk /ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/ us /ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/ C1 more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the same type: 主要的；主导的；占优势的 a dominant military power主要军事力量 dominant issueUnemployment will be a dominant issue at the next election.失业将成为下届选举中的主要辩论问题。 dominant positionThe company's competitors say it abuses its dominant position to prevent them from expanding. dominant forceThis country remains a dominant force in scientific research. biology specialized A dominant gene is one that always produces a particular characteristic in a person, plant, or animal: （基因）显性的 The gene for brown eyes is dominant.生成棕色眼睛的基因是显性的。 Compare recessive anatomy specialized A dominant part of the body is used more or has more effect than a body part of the same type on the other side of the body: Hold the tool in your dominant hand. It depends which hemisphere of the brain is dominant. Opposite nondominant psychology specialized liking to take control in a group and having natural authority: dominant maleThe females breed with dominant males that establish and defend territories. dominant personalityYou can have a dominant personality without being a bully. music specialized of or relating to a note that is the fifth note in a diatonic scale (= a musical scale that is either major or minor): dominant chordIn most pop music, the verse sections of a song often end with a dominant chord. dominant noteMake the dominant note of the chord a little longer and louder than the others. Brigitte Bardot was the dominant image of womanhood in French cinema during the 1960s.碧姬‧巴铎是20世纪60年代法国影坛突出的女性形象。 She was a dominant figure in the international art world. United's 3-0 defeat underlined the fact that they were no longer the dominant side in the league. She was a dominant figure in the movement for constitutional reform. Health and education were the dominant issues of the last general election. My affected arm is unfortunately my dominant arm. The resolution from the dominant chord to the tonic chord starts off the chorus of the song. Only three chords are used: tonic, dominant, and subdominant. Controlling and being in charge aggrandize assert your authority assume assumption authoritative get the better of someoneidiom get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom get/fall into the wrong handsidiom govern guiding principle paternalistically peremptorily peremptory play Godidiom plenipotentiary slow tame what someone says, goesidiom wrangle wrangler You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Genetics People in charge of or controlling other people Affecting and influencing Technical music terms Related worddominance dominant noun[ Cusually singular ] music specializeduk /ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/ us /ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/ a note that is the fifth note in a diatonic scale(= a musical scale that is either major or minor): The piece features one of those marvellous Schubert chord progressions that is technically a short string of secondary dominants. The dominant is five notes above the tonic, and the subdominant is five notes below the tonic. Technical music terms acciaccatura accidental aeolian aleatory alto clef antiphonal discordant harmonic harmonic progression harmony hemidemisemiquaver inversion overtone ritardando rubato scherzando scordatura secco recitative voice part whole step dominant | American Dictionarydominant adjective us/ˈdɑm·ə·nənt/ more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the same type: a dominant personality For years the Democrats were the dominant party in Congress. dominancenoun[ U ]us/ˈdɑm·ə·nəns/ military dominance dominant | Business Englishdominant adjective uk /ˈdɒmɪnənt/us more important, powerful, or successful than other people, companies, etc.: The question was whether cable or wireless would become dominant. dominant force/playerFor a long time Detroit was the dominant force in the American car industry. dominant market share/positionThe company is well run, with a dominant market share in many snack-food categories. Examples of dominantdominant At least 59% of species had a very low abundance index and/or rate of occurrence among sites and only 1% were widespread dominants. Poetry and narrative are constructed from quite different" dominants" or" genre-markers". Gram-positive bacteria were marked as dominants in most cases, and biodiversity was rather high. Subordinates have their own strategies for gaining access to resources in these contexts (i e. presence of hostile dominants). Many of the understory plants in the semievergreen forest are the dominants in the dry forest and thus are positioned to take over when there is a moisture deficit. The song's progressions creep by stepwise motion from one chord to the next, with dominants pressed into unwonted positions in order to accommodate the tonic bass. If we grant that all those positions can be read as subalterns potentially contesting the powers of those above, then we also have to acknowledge that they are dominants themselves. Unfortunately, in many textbooks, the contributions and influences of dominant cultures monopolize the text, and the contributions and influences from less-dominant cultures are marginalized. Men had no reason to justify their political activities in gender terms since they were the dominant group. Over half the women said that men had been dominant in their organizations in the interwar period. Why should it have come to be so dominant and why should we be so surprised, even so horrified at the extent of its prevalence? In so doing they have received widespread support within the discipline, and have established what is today the dominant paradigm for discussing literary value. Since postmodern texts are meant to be obstructive to any dominant discourse, they do not even favour a (potentially hegemonic) anti-colonialist position. Both sides were, however, fully controlled by the dominant cultural-historical paradigm of those days. Further consideration suggests an alternative interpretation, that when the dominant effect of social relationship quality is controlled, greater income does not produce greater personal wellbeing. See all examples of dominant 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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