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predominate v.占优势；支配 (1) 保守派人士有可能在政府中占优势。(2) 这儿的树林中最多的是松树。(3) 这些花中大都是红色和鲜红色的。(4) 他不久就开始支配他们了。(5) 人生是以哭、泣、笑三者构成的，尤以泣为最。 You'll probably already have noticed that the verb "dominate" makes up a good part of predominate, and in fact these are very similar words. To predominate means to be the biggest or most plentiful or most powerful of all. Of course, you want to make sure that you're talking about like things when you're using predominate. In the debate about guns, the most logical voices are rarely the ones that predominate.

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英 [prɪ'dɒmɪneɪt] 美 [prɪ'dɑːmɪneɪt] (1) Conservatives might predominate in the government.(2) Pine trees predominate the woods here.(3) Red and scarlet predominate in these flowers.(4) He soon began to predominate over them.(5) Life is made up of sob, sniffle, and smile, with sniffle predominate. Of all the social networks, one predominates. Facebook is by far the biggest and most influential. When someone or something predominates, it's the largest or most powerful of all. 1[VERB 动词]（在数量上）占优势，占大多数 If one type of person or thing predominates in a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other.   [V]  [FORMAL 正式]In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...在老年群体中女性占大多数，因为男性的寿命往往较短。All nationalities were represented — but the English predominated.所有国家都有代表出席——但是英格兰人占大多数。2[VERB 动词]占主导地位；占支配地位；突出 When a feature or quality predominates, it is the most important or noticeable one in a situation.   [V]  [FORMAL 正式]He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate.他想创造一个以伊斯兰教戒律为主导的社会。

英语单词	predominate
英美音标	英 [prɪ'dɒmɪneɪt] 美 [prɪ'dɑːmɪneɪt]
中文释义	v.占优势；支配
英语例句	(1) Conservatives might predominate in the government. (2) Pine trees predominate the woods here. (3) Red and scarlet predominate in these flowers. (4) He soon began to predominate over them. (5) Life is made up of sob, sniffle, and smile, with sniffle predominate.
中文例句	(1) 保守派人士有可能在政府中占优势。 (2) 这儿的树林中最多的是松树。 (3) 这些花中大都是红色和鲜红色的。 (4) 他不久就开始支配他们了。 (5) 人生是以哭、泣、笑三者构成的，尤以泣为最。
vocabulary简明	Of all the social networks, one predominates. Facebook is by far the biggest and most influential. When someone or something predominates, it's the largest or most powerful of all.
vocabulary扩展	You'll probably already have noticed that the verb "dominate" makes up a good part of predominate, and in fact these are very similar words. To predominate means to be the biggest or most plentiful or most powerful of all. Of course, you want to make sure that you're talking about like things when you're using predominate. In the debate about guns, the most logical voices are rarely the ones that predominate.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（在数量上）占优势，占大多数 If one type of person or thing predominates in a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other. [V] [FORMAL 正式] In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger... 在老年群体中女性占大多数，因为男性的寿命往往较短。 All nationalities were represented — but the English predominated. 所有国家都有代表出席——但是英格兰人占大多数。 2 [VERB 动词]占主导地位；占支配地位；突出 When a feature or quality predominates, it is the most important or noticeable one in a situation. [V] [FORMAL 正式] He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate. 他想创造一个以伊斯兰教戒律为主导的社会。

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