majority

英[məˈdʒɒrəti]美[məˈdʒɔːrəti]

n.多数，多数票，超出其余各方票数总和的票数，法定成年年龄；

adj.多数人支持的；

复数：majorities;

例句

An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform.绝大多数委员赞成实行币制改革。

The Government has a working majority*府（在议会中）掌握足够的多数（支持票）。

The candidate was put in by a majority of one thousand.这个候选人以一千票的多数当选。

Opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification of the treaty.民意调查表明2/3 的多数票赞成批准这个条约。

The government’s majority has been whittled down to eight.*府多数票减少到了八票。

The vast majority of the people rallied to the new government.大多数人民站在新*府一边。

The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。

They won the election but only with a very slender majority.他们仅以微弱的多数赢得了选举。

She has reached her majority.她已达到法定年龄。

The draft resolution was adopted by a majority of 128.这项提案以超过128票的多数获得通过。

英语六级真题

The overwhelming majority of employees attribute their stress mainly to low pay and an excessive workload.

Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, the majority of which are African or small island states, produce a very small quantity of emissions.

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate free-riders: causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate change's impact on food and water.

8 hours at work daily, and the majority of working professionals spend additional hours checking in with work during evenings, weekends and even vacations.

It's not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population, Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year colleges, and commuter state schools.

Some version of the Swedish system might work well for a majority of American parents,but the United States is unlikely to fully embrace the Swedish model.

And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college's decision-making process.

In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western.

In a recent study of parents and grown-up children in 11 European countries, Karsten Hank of Mannheim University found that 85% of them lived within 25km of each other and the majority of them were in touch at least once a week.

M :well ,that guy won't be able to win the election unless he got the majority vote from women students ,and I am not sure about it ?

Other iced coffees contained more than 450 calories and the majority had an excess of 200.

"It's not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population," Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year col

Developed nations such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate "free-riders": causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate chan

In one study, researchers interview 955 people involved in traffic accidents, the majority of them reported having daydream just before the accident.

It was a huge milestone in the development of smartphones, which are now owned by a majority of American adults and are increasingly common across the globe.

Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, the majority of which are African or small island states, produce a very small quantity of emissions.

Today, the average American spends 8.8 hours at work daily, and the majority of working professionals spend additional hours checking in with work during evenings, weekends and even vacations.

Volunteers read two passages, one about a man who led a life of leisure and another about a man who was over-worked and over-scheduled; when asked to determine which of the two had a higher social status, the majority of the participants said the latter.

We believe that the number of people who fit that definition includes the majority of American workers, which prompted us to begin a study of workaholism in the U.S..

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-SING-COLL

多数;大多数

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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英汉词典释义

n.

多数, 大多数; 半数以上

票数差距, 多得的票数, 超过的票数

法定年龄; 成年

（获胜的）票数；多数票

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;

2. (elections) more than half of the votes

3. the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs

行业词典

法律： 成年；多数；