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单词 majority
释义
majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us
/məˈdʒɑː.rə.t̬i/

majoritynoun(NUMBER)

B2[S]
thelargernumberorpartof something:
大多数，大部分
The majorityoftheemployeeshaveuniversitydegrees.大部分雇员都有大学文凭。
Alargemajorityofpeopleapproveof thedeathsentence.大多数人赞成死刑。
InBritainwomen arein the/amajority.在英国，女性占多数。
Compare
minority(SMALL PART)
[C]
in anelection, thedifferencein thenumberofvotesbetween thewinningpersonorgroupand the one that comes second:
多数票（选举中胜者与第二名之间的选票差额）
TheDemocraticcandidatewonby anarrow/largemajority.社会党人以微弱／绝对多数票胜出。
More examples
  • The majority ofyoungprofessionalsin thecapitalhavemovedthere fromprovincialtowns.
  • In the past, the majority of women wereconsignedto alifetimeofservitudeandpoverty.
  • The majority ofpeoplein thetownstronglysupporttheplanstobuilda by-pass.
  • Acoupleofpeopleobjectedto theproposal, but thevastmajorityapprovedof it.
  • Alargemajority of thepopulationisdemandingtherestorationof theformergovernment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Maximum and minimum
  • (at) full steamidiom
  • (at) full stretchidiom
  • at leastidiom
  • bare
  • credit limit
  • flat chat
  • flat outphrase
  • give a hundred percentidiom
  • least
  • mass
  • max out
  • maximal
  • maximally
  • maximum
  • min.
  • peak
  • percent
  • the bare minimumphrase
  • the full monty
  • utmost
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Elections

majoritynoun(AGE)

[U]lawspecialized
theagewhen youlegallybecomeanadult:
成年；成年的法定年龄
theageofmajority法定成年年龄
She willinherither father'sestatewhen shereachesher majority.她到法定年龄时将继承父亲的遗产。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stages of life
  • adolescence
  • adulthood
  • age
  • autumn
  • autumn yearsidiom
  • decline
  • early years
  • eventide
  • formative
  • generational
  • Indian summer
  • infancy
  • male menopause
  • middle age
  • middle-aged
  • middlescence
  • someone'sdeclining yearsidiom
  • those were the daysidiom
  • twilight yearsidiom
  • youth
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(Definition ofmajorityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

majority| American Dictionary

majority
noun[U]
us
/məˈdʒɔr·ɪ·t̬i,-ˈdʒɑr-/
more thanhalfof atotalnumberoramount; thelargerpartof something:
A majority of thepeoplevotedagainst thebilltoraiseschooltaxes.
politics & government
A majority is also thedifferencein thenumberofvotesin anelectionbetween thewinningpersonorgroupand the one that has the secondhighestnumber:
[C]The Republicanswonby asmallmajority.
(Definition ofmajorityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

majority| Business English

majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒrəti/us
pluralmajorities
[S]
most of thepeopleor things in agroup:
The majority ofourprepaymentcustomersarepeopleon alowincome.
Improvedeconomicconditionsfor the majority haveledtobigincreasesinownershipofconsumergoods,cars,houses, andclothing.
vast/overwhelming/great majority (of sth)Thevastmajority ofticketsaresoldthrough thewebsite.
be in a/the majorityMen are still in the majority when it comes toseniormanagementpositions.
[C]
thedifferencebetween thenumberofvotesreceivedby apoliticalparty,group, etc. thatwinsanelectionordiscussionand thepartiesorgroupsthatlose:
TheamendmenthasdividedDemocrats and couldcostthepartyitsnewlywonmajority.
majorityvoting/a majorityvote
by a majority of sth to sthArecentpollfoundthatvoterswere infavorof theresolutionby a majority of 71% to 24%.
clear/comfortable/large majorityThechairmanmustcontinuetakingvotesuntil onenomineehas aclearmajority.
[U]LAW
theageat which someone islegallyconsideredto be anadult:
someone's majorityShe willinheritthebusinesswhen shereachesher majority.

See also

early majority
late majority
majority
adjective[before noun]
uk
/məˈdʒɒrəti/us
FINANCE,STOCK MARKET
used to refer to thesituationwhen apersonororganizationownsmoresharesin acompanythan any othershareholder, and enough to be incontrolof thecompany:
According togovernmentrequirements, theairlinemust notfallintoforeignmajoritycontrol.
The group'smajorityshareholderhas beenaccusedofwithholdingfinancialdata.
Profits havesoared,thanksinpartto the company'smajorityownershipof the country's mostsuccessfulnewspapergroup.
(Definition ofmajorityfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmajority

majority
Not just by majoritarianism, intuitively characterized, but also by unanimitarianism and minoritarianism and any procedures requiring special majorities of two-thirds and the like.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Vast majorities of dalits remained aligned with agriculture in some capacity or the other.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Legitimacy politics for the official assembly was dominated by democratic discourse based on constructed notions of majorities that were accepted as objective social facts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At first, economic development and its attendant white-collar majorities were themselves in short supply.
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Processes of negotiation and exchange open the possibility of mixed outcomes reflecting the asymmetric preferences of majorities and minorities.
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Moreover, large majorities believed the government's policies to be ' too favourable ' to business (70n4 per cent) and ' too unfavourable ' to workers (67n8 per cent).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unfortunately, spontaneous majorities rarely form in support of one party.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the distribution of seats and of preferences were the same, there would be equally many minority governments supported by legislative majorities under both systems.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Politicians within central government know that certain seats are more important than others to secure legislative majorities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The net effect may still be desirable from the majority's point of view.
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Certainly, the school choice scheme appears popular with many parents, and has achieved good satisfaction ratings from majorities.
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Where legislative majorities are large it is less important, but the same is true of a supermajority multiplier.
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The majority's rationale does not necessarily set the significance of the decision, as some legal commentators are prepared to admit.
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What followed were attempts to treat unprotected minorities, including marginalised and weak ones, as equal to the majorities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Overwhelming majorities supported not only local bills generally but big-city bills specifically.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithmajority

majority

These are words often used in combination withmajority.

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bare majority
The party's parliamentary seats plunged even more spectacularly from abaremajorityof 151 at dissolution (of 295 seats) to just two.
From theCambridge English Corpus
clear majority
Aclearmajoritysaid that opportunities still existed for learning progression (75%) and in achieving a sensible coverage of the curriculum (85%).
From theCambridge English Corpus
conservative majority
Prussia used a highly restrictive three-class voting system in which the richest third of the population could choose 85% of the legislature, all but assuring aconservativemajority.
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