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Majority Latin Recorded 1087.Majority 英 Mə'Dʒɒrɪtɪ]美 Mə'Dʒɔrəti 释义

正面 1087.majority
英 [mə'dʒɒrɪtɪ]美 [mə'dʒɔrəti]

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释义:
n. 多数;成年
例句:
1. Independent candidates won the majority of seats on the local council.无党派候选人在地方议会选举中赢得了多数席位。

1. travel <=> travail. 变体、异体。2. 因为古时出门旅行被认为是一件辛苦、危险的事,所以会有“一路平安、一帆风顺”等祝福语。
majority 大多数来自major,主要的,-ity,名词后缀。引申词义大多数等。
majority (n.)1550s, "condition of being greater, superiority," from Middle French majorité (16c.), from Medieval Latin majoritatem (nominative majoritas) "majority," from Latin maior "greater" (see major (adj.)). Sense of "state of being of full age" is attested from 1560s; meaning "greater number or part" (of votes, etc.) first recorded 1690s. The majority "the dead" recorded from 1719."

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