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单词 predominate
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predominate
verb[I]
uk
/prɪˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/us
/prɪˈdɑː.mə.neɪt/
to be thelargestinnumberor the mostimportant:
（数量上）占优势；占主导地位
Inindustrialareas, the dark-colouredvarietyof themothnow predominates.在工业区，深色型蛾子现在占绝大多数。
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(Definition ofpredominatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

predominate| American Dictionary

predominate
verb[I]
us
/prɪˈdɑm·əˌneɪt/
to be the mostimportantor thegreatestinnumber:
Welivein anareain whichlivestock,poultry, anddairyfarmingpredominate.
(Definition ofpredominatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpredominate

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The geographical metaphor is particularly useful when discussing the internal structure of a program, and hence it tends topredominatein more technical texts.
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The ages of the inmates varied, but the old and the sick predominated.
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However, in tobacco-growing areas the tobacco-feeding form predominated in spring populations on peach, and was sometimes found on other secondary hosts.
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Fewer handlers may be needed to process the grains and dairy thatpredominatein these regions.
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Wives clearly predominated as care providers, and in close to two-thirds of the care occasions provided all the care or more than their husbands.
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In voluntary manumissions women clearly predominated, though not as excessively as some have assumed.
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In the period under investigation, strongly partisan voting behavior predominated at election time.
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Pragmatic considerationspredominatewithin the third class of constraint.
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However, in the same volume to infinitive complements stillpredominatewith the adjective, for there are 8 of these.
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It is important to appreciate that these articles were published when behaviorist views of language acquisition predominated.
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In those patients who required intervention for recurrence of mood symptoms, interventions for depressive symptoms predominated over manic symptoms in nearly a 3 : 1 ratio.
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The bounded space of the ethnic group may not be applicable in times when regional clan networks or inter-ethnic age-set territories predominated.
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The magnetic mechanism predominates over the buoyancy mechanism in fluid layers about 1 mm thick.
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Women predominated in the oldest age group with 14 %, compared with 8 % for the men.
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Table 3 displays the same tendency as table 2 : relative clausespredominateat all depths in center-embeddings.
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