新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

majority

英  [məˈdʒɒrɪti]
    
美  [-ˈdʒɔːr-]

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1多数人支持的

    Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.

    双语例句

    例:

    her continuing disagreement with the majority view.

    她与多数人观点的持续不一致。

    NOUN. 名词
  • majorities

    1[SING 单数型名词] 多数

    The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    The majority of my patients come to me from out of town.

    我的多数病人来自市区外。

    例:

    Before the war a majority opposed invasion, yet 51 now think it was justified.

    战争前多数人反对侵略,但现在有51的人赞成侵略。

    例:

    The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk.

    我们绝大多数的奶酪是用巴氏消毒牛奶做成的。

    2[C 可数名词] 多得的票数 , 多获得的席位

    A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in a legislature or parliament that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.

    双语例句

    例:

    Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine.

    国会议员们以99票的多数批准了该提案。

    3[U 不可数名词] 成年

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    a citizen of Russia who has reached the age of majority.

    一个已成年的俄罗斯公民。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • in a majority , in the majority

    1占多数

    If a group is in a majority or in the majority, they form more than half of a larger group.

    双语例句

    例:

    Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.

    调查显示该条约的支持者仍占多数。