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predominantly adv.主要地；占优势地；压倒性地 (1) 温哥华主要是一个服务中心。(2) 旧中国，绝大多数家庭由男人当家。(3) 选票绝大多数是支持政府的。(4) 新西兰是一个英语主导的国家。 Like the word dominate, predominantly comes from the Latin dominari meaning "to rule, dominate, govern." Use predominantly to describe the general, ruling quality of something, the same way you'd use the phrase "for the most part." An actor who is predominantly in films, appears mostly in movies, but might sometimes do live theater or TV. A neighborhood that is predominantly Indian has mostly Indian people living there, but maybe other groups too, in smaller numbers.

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英 [prɪ'dɒmɪnəntli] 美 [prɪ'dɑːmɪnəntli] (1) Vancouver is predominantly a service center.(2) In old China, family heads were predominantly men.(3) The votes were predominantly in favour of the government.(4) New Zealand is predominantly an English-speaking country. When the weather forecast says the day will be predominantly sunny, that means it will be mostly sunny. 1[ADV-GRADED 副词]最显著地；占主导地位地 You use predominantly to indicate which feature or quality is most noticeable in a situation.   [usu ADV group]The landscape has remained predominantly rural in appearance.这里的风景看上去还是以田园风光为主。...a predominantly female profession...以女性为主导的职业Although it is predominantly a teenage problem, acne can occur in early childhood...虽然粉刺多发于青少年时期，但也可能在刚进入童年时期就出现。His audience consists predominantly of groups of rugby-club revellers.他的观众主要是橄榄球俱乐部里那些纵酒作乐的人。

英语单词	predominantly
英美音标	英 [prɪ'dɒmɪnəntli] 美 [prɪ'dɑːmɪnəntli]
中文释义	adv.主要地；占优势地；压倒性地
英语例句	(1) Vancouver is predominantly a service center. (2) In old China, family heads were predominantly men. (3) The votes were predominantly in favour of the government. (4) New Zealand is predominantly an English-speaking country.
中文例句	(1) 温哥华主要是一个服务中心。 (2) 旧中国，绝大多数家庭由男人当家。 (3) 选票绝大多数是支持政府的。 (4) 新西兰是一个英语主导的国家。
vocabulary简明	When the weather forecast says the day will be predominantly sunny, that means it will be mostly sunny.
vocabulary扩展	Like the word dominate, predominantly comes from the Latin dominari meaning "to rule, dominate, govern." Use predominantly to describe the general, ruling quality of something, the same way you'd use the phrase "for the most part." An actor who is predominantly in films, appears mostly in movies, but might sometimes do live theater or TV. A neighborhood that is predominantly Indian has mostly Indian people living there, but maybe other groups too, in smaller numbers.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV-GRADED 副词]最显著地；占主导地位地 You use predominantly to indicate which feature or quality is most noticeable in a situation. [usu ADV group] The landscape has remained predominantly rural in appearance. 这里的风景看上去还是以田园风光为主。 ...a predominantly female profession... 以女性为主导的职业 Although it is predominantly a teenage problem, acne can occur in early childhood... 虽然粉刺多发于青少年时期，但也可能在刚进入童年时期就出现。 His audience consists predominantly of groups of rugby-club revellers. 他的观众主要是橄榄球俱乐部里那些纵酒作乐的人。

Predominantly Quality Indian Groups 英 Prɪ'Dɒmɪnəntli] 美 Prɪ'Dɑːmɪnəntli Adv.主要地；占优势地；压倒性地