majority
n. 多数, 大半 [计] 多数逻辑
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教材释义与例句
多数；成年
most of the people or things in a group
The Labour Party won a huge majority at the last general election.
工党在上次大选中以巨大的票数优势获胜。
释义与例句
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More than half (50%) of some group.
多数
可数 不可数The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.
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In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
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可数 不可数The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.
The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
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Legal adulthood, age of majority.
可数 过时 不可数By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
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The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
英国 可数 不可数On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.
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Ancestors; ancestry.
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From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.
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