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单词 plurality
释义
plurality
noun
uk
/plʊəˈræl.ə.ti/us
/plʊˈræl.ə.t̬i/

pluralitynoun(GRAMMAR)

[U]language
thestateof beingplural
复数；复数形式
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: grammatical terms
  • ablative
  • apposition
  • appositive
  • appositively
  • attributively
  • concord
  • demonstrative
  • feminine
  • intensifier
  • nominative
  • particle
  • predicatively
  • premodifier
  • quantifier
  • regularity
  • singular
  • stative
  • syntactic
  • syntax
  • uncountable
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pluralitynoun(DIFFERENT)

[Cusually sing]formal
alargenumberof differenttypesof something:
众多，大量
There wasamarkedpluralityofopinions/viewsamong thepeopleattendingthemeeting.与会者明显意见／看法不一。
have/win a pluralitypoliticsspecialized
toreceivemorevotesin anelectionthan any otherpersonorparty, but not more than thetotalnumberofvotesthat the otherpeopleorpartieshavereceived:
（在选举中）获得相对多数票
Hewona 48percentpluralityofthevoteratherthan anoutrightmajority.他获得了48%的相对多数票，而非绝对多数。
[Cusually singular,S]politicsspecialized
thepartof agroupofpeoplevotingthat is thelargestpart, but notlargerthan thetotalnumberof otherpeoplevoting:
（选举中未超过半数的）多数
Apluralityofthepopulationvotedforchange.人民的多数投票支持变革。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Variety and mixtures
  • all manner ofsomethingidiom
  • alphabet soup
  • assorted
  • assortment
  • biodiverse
  • hodgepodge
  • hotchpotch
  • hybridize
  • hybridized
  • it takes all sorts (to make a world)idiom
  • multiplicity
  • non-segregated
  • odds and ends
  • of every stripe/of all stripesidiom
  • panoply
  • sundry
  • syncretism
  • this
  • this and thatidiom
  • variety is the spice of lifeidiom
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Elections
Voters & candidates in elections
(Definition ofpluralityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

plurality| American Dictionary

plurality
noun[C/U]
us
/plʊˈræl·ɪ·t̬i/
social studies
(inelectionsinvolvingthree or morepeople) thedifferencebetween thenumberofvotesreceivedby thepersonwhowonand thenumberreceivedby thepersonwho is second, or anumberofvotesorplacesin alegislaturethat is more than any otherpartyhas but less thanhalfthetotalnumber:
[C]Jensonwonby a plurality of 2000votesover hernearestrival.
(Definition ofpluralityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplurality

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Throughout this period the centre-left obtained majorities, or at least pluralities, from women voters.
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If you want to abolish pluralities, here is your opportunity.
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They are equally correct in saying that they are often aware of local circumstances and local pluralities that might justify different treatment for their locality compared with other areas.
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He admitted that pluralities were not desirable.
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I fully acknowledge his point that when an extension of the permission for pluralities is given the rights of the parishioners ought to be very specially and carefully safeguarded.
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Furthermore, it can be argued that the parties face greater uncertainty under majority than underpluralityrule.
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Each point of distance between thepluralityparty and the citizens moves the government about half of a point further away.
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One is to treat exclusivism as a theory to explain religiouspluralityand diversity, without anywhere indicating what such a theory would be.
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The distinction is not innocuous because the effects of majority run-off systems on electoral competition are quite different from those ofpluralityrule.
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Among the three leading parties the number of female list candidates exceed the number ofpluralitycandidates (39 to 30).
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We ®rst examine the relative success of women candidates in mixed systems compared to pure proportional andplurality/majority systems.
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Danish exhibits another interaction betweenpluralityand pseudopartitives which to our knowledge has not been observed before.
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Neither assumption is justifiable in the setting of a debate on thepluralityof values.
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Each of these essays traces how the certainties of modernism gave way to thepluralityand uncertainties of post-modernism.
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Drea was re-elected with smaller pluralities in the 1975 and 1977 elections, and by a larger percentage in 1981.
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