majority
- n.大部分，大多数，过半数，大半;〈英〉（获胜的）票数，（选举中的）多数票（指超出其余各方票数总和的票数）;多数党，多数派;成年，（成年的）法定年龄，成年身份;〈军〉少校级别（或职位、军衔）
- adj.多数（人）的，过半数的，大多数的;多数党的，多数派的
复数： majorities
major adj.主要的 + -ity …状态,性质
majoritynoun
大部分；大多数
the largest part of a group of people or things
The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio.
大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。
The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking .
大多数人支持禁烟。
This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals.
绝大部分医院都不提供这种治疗。
a majority decision (= one that is decided by what most people want)
根据大多数人的意见作出的决定
In the nursing profession, women are in a/the majority .
女性在护理行业中占大多数。
（获胜的）票数；多数票
the number of votes by which one political party wins an election; the number of votes by which one side in a discussion, etc. wins
She was elected by/with a majority of 749.
她以749票的多数票当选。
They had a large majority over their nearest rivals.
他们所得的票数远远超出名次仅次于他们的对手。
a clear (= large) majority
明显多数票
The government does not have an overall majority (= more members than all the other parties added together) .
政府没有获得绝对多数票。
The resolution was carried by a huge majority.
这项决议以非常大的多数票赞成而获得通过。
超出其余各方票数总和的票数
the difference between the number of votes given to the candidate who wins the election and the total number of votes of all the other candidates
成年的法定年龄
the age at which you are legally considered to be an adult
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N-SING-COLL 多数;大多数
The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.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。
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N-COUNT 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.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。
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ADJ (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....her continuing disagreement with the majority view...
她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致
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N-UNCOUNT 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.The age of majority in Romania is eighteen...
罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。
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See also:absolute majority;moral majority
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- the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts;the main part
- the majority of his customers prefer it
- the bulk of the work is finished
- Synonym: bulk
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- (elections) more than half of the votes
- Synonym: absolute majority
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- the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
- Synonym: legal age
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This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals .
绝大部分医院都不提供这种治疗。
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The majority of people in this country pay their whack
该国大部分人尽了他们的一份力。
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The great majority of people seem to agree with this view .
大多数人似乎都同意这种观点。
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The majority of small businesses now do their banking online .
大多数小企业现在都在网上办理银行业务。
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No one party is expected to gain an outright majority .
没有任何政党可望获得绝对多数。
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In the vast majority of cases , this should not be a problem .
在绝大多数情况下，这应该不成问题。
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The new exam mocked the needs of the majority of children .
新的考试无视大多数孩子的需要。
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The resolution was carried by a huge majority .
这项决议以非常大的多数票赞成而获得通过。
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Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force .
女性雇员占劳动力的多数。
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People under the age of 40 constitute the majority of the labour force .
40岁以下的人占劳动力的大多数。
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The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group .
接受询问的人大多数都属于某个宗教团体。
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The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio .
大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。
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She won the election by a clear majority .
她以明显的多数赢得选举。
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The overwhelming majority of those present were in favour of the plan .
绝大多数与会者都赞同这个计划。
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A clear majority of voters were in favour of the motion .
绝大多数选民赞成这一动议。
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They had a large majority over their nearest rivals .
他们所得的票数远远超出名次仅次于他们的对手。
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The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives .
理事会的多数席位将由工商界代表担任。
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The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery .
这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。
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It should be remembered that the majority of accidents happen in the home .
不要忘记大多数事故都是在家里发生的。
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With such a majority , the administration was emboldened to introduce radical new policies .
政府有了这大多数人的支持，才敢推行激进的新政策。
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She was elected by a narrow majority .
她以微弱多数当选。
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The majority of the population is Protestant .
这里的人大多数都信奉新教。
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The majority obtained their positions through the old boy network .
大多数人都是通过校友关系谋得其职位的。
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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。
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The government got a massive majority — well over 400 votes
政府获得了远远超过400票赞成的绝大多数票。
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The majority of people around here are decent people
这里的大多数人都很正派。
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Whatever the majority decided I was prepared to go along with .
只要是多数人的决定我都愿意服从。
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Still , a majority continue to support the treaty .
大多数人依然支持这份条约。
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The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months
大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。
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His coalition may hold a clear majority but this could quickly fall away
他的联盟也许会占绝对多数，但这种优势可能会很快丧失。
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