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plurality n.复数；大量；(选举中)相对多数；超过票数；兼职 (1) 史密斯先生以20万张的多数票轻易当选了。 The word plurality first appeared in the 14th Century as "the state of being plural." The meaning applied to an election emerged in the United States around 1828, referring to a group of candidates where none has an absolute majority over the others. We can also use it to express a multitude of anything. For example, the United States is a nation with a plurality of races and religions. Here, plurality gives you the idea of a large, undefined number.

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英 [plʊə'ræləti] 美 [plʊ'ræləti] (1) Mr Smith breezed in with an election plurality of 200,000. In an election with three or more candidates, where no one gets more than half of the votes, you would win if you had the plurality. 1[QUANT-PLURAL 复数数量词]多数状态；诸多；众多 If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist.   [FORMAL 正式]Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.联邦制意味着存在众多各自都拥有权力的政治管理机构。2[QUANT-PLURAL 复数数量词]（超过其他任何一方的）多数 If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea.   [FORMAL 正式]The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes...保守党保住了选票的多数优势。35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change.有35%的多数民众认为，经济改革不会带来实质性的变革。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（指选举中获胜者得到的不及其他所有候选人得票总和的）相对多数（票） A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates.   [AM 美]He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（指选举中获得最多票数的候选人与得票数第二的候选人之间的）票数差额 A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second.   [AM 美]Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。

英语单词	plurality
英美音标	英 [plʊə'ræləti] 美 [plʊ'ræləti]
中文释义	n.复数；大量；(选举中)相对多数；超过票数；兼职
英语例句	(1) Mr Smith breezed in with an election plurality of 200,000.
中文例句	(1) 史密斯先生以20万张的多数票轻易当选了。
vocabulary简明	In an election with three or more candidates, where no one gets more than half of the votes, you would win if you had the plurality.
vocabulary扩展	The word plurality first appeared in the 14th Century as "the state of being plural." The meaning applied to an election emerged in the United States around 1828, referring to a group of candidates where none has an absolute majority over the others. We can also use it to express a multitude of anything. For example, the United States is a nation with a plurality of races and religions. Here, plurality gives you the idea of a large, undefined number.
柯林斯解释	1 [QUANT-PLURAL 复数数量词]多数状态；诸多；众多 If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. [FORMAL 正式] Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers. 联邦制意味着存在众多各自都拥有权力的政治管理机构。 2 [QUANT-PLURAL 复数数量词]（超过其他任何一方的）多数 If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea. [FORMAL 正式] The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes... 保守党保住了选票的多数优势。 35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change. 有35%的多数民众认为，经济改革不会带来实质性的变革。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（指选举中获胜者得到的不及其他所有候选人得票总和的）相对多数（票） A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates. [AM 美] He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent. 他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（指选举中获得最多票数的候选人与得票数第二的候选人之间的）票数差额 A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second. [AM 美] Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82. 富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。

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