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单词 dominant
释义
dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
C1
moreimportant,strong, ornoticeablethan anythingelseof the sametype:
主要的；主导的；占优势的
a dominantmilitarypower主要军事力量
Unemployment will be a dominantissueat the nextelection.失业将成为下届选举中的主要辩论问题。
biologyspecialized
A dominantgeneis one that alwaysproducesaparticularcharacteristicin aperson,plant, oranimal:
（基因）显性的
Thegeneforbrowneyesis dominant.生成棕色眼睛的基因是显性的。
Compare
recessive
anatomyspecialized
A dominantpartof thebodyis used more or has moreeffectthan abodypartof the sametypeon the othersideof thebody:
Hold thetoolinyourdominanthand.
Itdependswhichhemisphereof thebrainis dominant.
Opposite
nondominant
psychologyspecialized
likingto takecontrolin agroupand havingnaturalauthority:
Thefemalesbreedwith dominantmalesthatestablishanddefendterritories.
You can have a dominantpersonalitywithout being abully.
More examples
  • Brigitte Bardot was the dominantimageofwomanhoodinFrenchcinemaduring the 1960s.
  • She was a dominantfigurein theinternationalartworld.
  • United's 3-0defeatunderlinedthefactthat they were nolongerthe dominantsidein theleague.
  • She was a dominantfigurein themovementforconstitutionalreform.
  • Health andeducationwere the dominantissuesof the lastgeneralelection.
  • Myaffectedarmisunfortunatelymy dominantarm.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • authoritatively
  • commanding
  • cynical
  • dictate
  • guiding principle
  • harness
  • have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
  • havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
  • havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
  • override
  • plenipotentiary
  • police
  • policing
  • possess
  • power play
  • skipper
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People in charge of or controlling other people
Affecting and influencing

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dominance
(Definition ofdominantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
C1
moreimportant,strong, ornoticeablethan anythingelseof the sametype
主要的；主导的；占优势的
a dominantmilitarypower主要军事力量
Unemployment will be a dominantissueat the nextelection.失业将成为下届选举中的主要辩论问题。
biologyspecialized
A dominantgeneis one that alwaysproducesaparticularcharacteristicin aperson,plant, oranimal.
（基因）显性的
Thegeneforbrowneyesis dominant.生成棕色眼睛的基因是显性的。
Compare
recessive
More examples
  • Brigitte Bardot was the dominantimageofwomanhoodinFrenchcinemaduring the 1960s.
  • She was a dominantfigurein theinternationalartworld.
  • United's 3-0defeatunderlinedthefactthat they were nolongerthe dominantsidein theleague.
  • She was a dominantfigurein themovementforconstitutionalreform.
  • Health andeducationwere the dominantissuesof the lastgeneralelection.

dominant| American Dictionary

dominant
adjective
us
/ˈdɑm·ə·nənt/
moreimportant,strong, ornoticeablethan anythingelseof the sametype:
a dominantpersonality
Foryearsthe Democrats were the dominantpartyinCongress.

dominance

noun[U]us
/ˈdɑm·ə·nəns/
militarydominance
(Definition ofdominantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dominant| Business English

dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒmɪnənt/us
moreimportant,powerful, orsuccessfulthan otherpeople,companies, etc.:
Thequestionwas whethercableorwirelesswouldbecomedominant.
dominant force/playerFor alongtimeDetroit was the dominantforcein the Americancarindustry.
dominant market share/positionThecompanyis wellrun, with a dominantmarketsharein many snack-foodcategories.
(Definition ofdominantfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdominant

dominant
At least 59% of species had a very low abundance index and/or rate of occurrence among sites and only 1% were widespread dominants.
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Poetry and narrative are constructed from quite different" dominants" or" genre-markers".
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Gram-positive bacteria were marked as dominants in most cases, and biodiversity was rather high.
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Subordinates have their own strategies for gaining access to resources in these contexts (i e. presence of hostile dominants).
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Many of the understory plants in the semievergreen forest are the dominants in the dry forest and thus are positioned to take over when there is a moisture deficit.
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The song's progressions creep by stepwise motion from one chord to the next, with dominants pressed into unwonted positions in order to accommodate the tonic bass.
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If we grant that all those positions can be read as subalterns potentially contesting the powers of those above, then we also have to acknowledge that they are dominants themselves.
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Unfortunately, in many textbooks, the contributions and influences ofdominantcultures monopolize the text, and the contributions and influences from less-dominant cultures are marginalized.
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Men had no reason to justify their political activities in gender terms since they were thedominantgroup.
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Over half the women said that men had beendominantin their organizations in the interwar period.
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Why should it have come to be sodominantand why should we be so surprised, even so horrified at the extent of its prevalence?
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In so doing they have received widespread support within the discipline, and have established what is today thedominantparadigm for discussing literary value.
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Since postmodern texts are meant to be obstructive to anydominantdiscourse, they do not even favour a (potentially hegemonic) anti-colonialist position.
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Both sides were, however, fully controlled by thedominantcultural-historical paradigm of those days.
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Further consideration suggests an alternative interpretation, that when thedominanteffect of social relationship quality is controlled, greater income does not produce greater personal wellbeing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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