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majority n.大多数；多数；多数党；多数派 (1) 多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。(2) 种族主义是大多数人都憎恨的。(3) 民主党在这次选举中变成了多数党。(4) 民主党在这次选举中变成了多数党。 In an election, victory usually goes to whoever wins the majority of votes, or more than half of them. The opposite of majority is minority. A majority of the more than one billion Roman Catholics in the world live in Latin America; a small minority of all Roman Catholics live in Asia.

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英 [mə'dʒɒrəti] 美 [mə'dʒɔːrəti] (1) The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.(2) Racism is abhorrent to the majority of people.(3) The Democrats became the majority in the election.(4) The Democrats became the majority in the election. Majority means “most of,” or the biggest part. Does the majority of what owls eat — mice, rats, squirrels, moles — sound appetizing to you? If not, you’re probably in the majority of people. 1[N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词]多数；大多数 The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.   [usu sing]  [v-link PHR]The majority of my patients come to me from out of town...大多数来找我看病的患者都是外省人。The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk...我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes...这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。Still, a majority continue to support the treaty.大多数人依然支持这份条约。If a group is in a majority or in the majority, they form more than half of a larger group.占多数；拥有多数；过半数Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.调查表明，该条约的支持者仍然占大多数。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]多数票；超过对方的票数 A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.   [usu with supp]Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine...议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clear majority...从大多数民意调查的结果来看，他很有可能以绝对多数票胜出。The Trust's annual meeting has decided by a narrow majority to ban deer hunting.国民托管组织的年度会议以微弱的多数票决定禁止猎鹿。3[ADJ 形容词](观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的 Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.   [ADJ n]...her continuing disagreement with the majority view...她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致A majority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead.这项计划若要实施，必须获得股东 75%的多数票。4[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁) Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.   [oft with poss]The age of majority in Romania is eighteen...罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。Once you reach your majority, you may do what you damned well please.等你成年后，就可以随心所欲了。5See also:absolute majority；moral  majority；

英语单词	majority
英美音标	英 [mə'dʒɒrəti] 美 [mə'dʒɔːrəti]
中文释义	n.大多数；多数；多数党；多数派
英语例句	(1) The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio. (2) Racism is abhorrent to the majority of people. (3) The Democrats became the majority in the election. (4) The Democrats became the majority in the election.
中文例句	(1) 多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。 (2) 种族主义是大多数人都憎恨的。 (3) 民主党在这次选举中变成了多数党。 (4) 民主党在这次选举中变成了多数党。
vocabulary简明	Majority means “most of,” or the biggest part. Does the majority of what owls eat — mice, rats, squirrels, moles — sound appetizing to you? If not, you’re probably in the majority of people.
vocabulary扩展	In an election, victory usually goes to whoever wins the majority of votes, or more than half of them. The opposite of majority is minority. A majority of the more than one billion Roman Catholics in the world live in Latin America; a small minority of all Roman Catholics live in Asia.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词]多数；大多数 The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them. [usu sing] [v-link PHR] The majority of my patients come to me from out of town... 大多数来找我看病的患者都是外省人。 The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk... 我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。 As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes... 这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。 Still, a majority continue to support the treaty. 大多数人依然支持这份条约。 If a group is in a majority or in the majority, they form more than half of a larger group.占多数；拥有多数；过半数 Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority. 调查表明，该条约的支持者仍然占大多数。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]多数票；超过对方的票数 A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets. [usu with supp] Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine... 议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。 According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clear majority... 从大多数民意调查的结果来看，他很有可能以绝对多数票胜出。 The Trust's annual meeting has decided by a narrow majority to ban deer hunting. 国民托管组织的年度会议以微弱的多数票决定禁止猎鹿。 3 [ADJ 形容词](观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的 Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved. [ADJ n] ...her continuing disagreement with the majority view... 她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致 A majority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead. 这项计划若要实施，必须获得股东 75%的多数票。 4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁) Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen. [oft with poss] The age of majority in Romania is eighteen... 罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。 Once you reach your majority, you may do what you damned well please. 等你成年后，就可以随心所欲了。 5 See also:absolute majority ；moral majority ；

Majority People Half Democrats Election 民主党在这次选举中变成了多数党 Minority Roman