predominate

Word family adjective predominant verb predominate adverb predominantly

pre·dom·i·nate /prɪˈdɒməneɪt $ -ˈdɑː-/ AWL verb [intransitiveI] formal

1 MOSTif one type of person or thing predominates in a group or area, there are more of this type than any other 〔数量上〕占优势，占大多数

Pine trees predominate in this area of forest.

这片林区以松树居多。

2 EFFECT/INFLUENCEto have the most importance or influence, or to be most easily noticed 占主导地位，占支配地位；最突出

In this type of case, the rights of the parent predominate.

像这样的案例，要首先考虑父母的权利。

Examples from the Corpus

predominate• It is not always clear which type predominate.• Old roads and tracks, their paths perhaps related to energy flows, may predominate.• This is a district where Democrats predominate.• Apologies for absences must again predominate.• In the twentieth century, in fact, the plural of the word predominates, and is closest to our personal experience.• Here above all the civilizations of the plain predominate, based on irrigation.• In the summer, blue and pink flowers predominate, but there are white flowers, too, for contrast.• But suffering and death are not the predominating features of nature.• Dairy farms predominate in Sussex.• Arable Enterprises Grassland predominated in the 4,770 hectares of arable ground accounting for 83% of this acreage.• Before 1860, buffalo predominated in the Great Plains.• There are returns to the impasto, but thin painting certainly predominates towards the end of the century.

词汇	predominate
释义	predominate Word family adjective predominant verb predominate adverb predominantly pre·dom·i·nate /prɪˈdɒməneɪt $ -ˈdɑː-/ AWL verb [intransitiveI] formal 1 MOSTif one type of person or thing predominates in a group or area, there are more of this type than any other 〔数量上〕占优势，占大多数 Pine trees predominate in this area of forest. 这片林区以松树居多。 2 EFFECT/INFLUENCEto have the most importance or influence, or to be most easily noticed 占主导地位，占支配地位；最突出 In this type of case, the rights of the parent predominate. 像这样的案例，要首先考虑父母的权利。 Examples from the Corpus predominate• It is not always clear which type predominate.• Old roads and tracks, their paths perhaps related to energy flows, may predominate.• This is a district where Democrats predominate.• Apologies for absences must again predominate.• In the twentieth century, in fact, the plural of the word predominates, and is closest to our personal experience.• Here above all the civilizations of the plain predominate, based on irrigation.• In the summer, blue and pink flowers predominate, but there are white flowers, too, for contrast.• But suffering and death are not the predominating features of nature.• Dairy farms predominate in Sussex.• Arable Enterprises Grassland predominated in the 4,770 hectares of arable ground accounting for 83% of this acreage.• Before 1860, buffalo predominated in the Great Plains.• There are returns to the impasto, but thin painting certainly predominates towards the end of the century.
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