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ma·jor·i·ty AHD[mə-jôrʹĭ-tē, -jŏrʹ-] D.J.[məˈdʒɔːrɪtiː, -ˈdʒɒr-]K.K.[məˈdʒɔrɪti, -ˈdʒɑr-]n.（名词）pl. ma.jor.i.ties 【复数】- The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.大多数，过半数：大多数；超过全部的一半的数
- The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.多数票：占选票的决大多数，例如在选举中超过其余票数和的票数
- The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.多数党：凭其更多的代表或更大的选举力量而享有最大权力的政党、政治集团或者派别
- The status of having reached full legal age, with attendant rights and responsibilities.成年：已经到达法定年龄并享有相应的权利和义务的一种状态
- The military rank, commission, or office of a major.少校：少校的军衔、军职或者职位
- Obsolete The fact or state of being greater; superiority.【废语】 占优势：更大的事实或状态；优越性
- French majorité 法语 majorité
- from Medieval Latin māiōritās 源自 中世纪拉丁语 māiōritās
- from Latin māior [greater] * see meg- 源自 拉丁语 māior [更大的] * 参见 meg-
- Whenmajority refers to a particular number of votes, it takes a singular verb: 当majority 指特定的选票数目时， 其动词用单数： Her majority was five votes.她的票数是五票。His majority has been growing by 5 percent every year. 他的票数正以每年5%的速度增长。
- When it refers to a group of persons or things that are in the majority,it may take either a singular or plural verb,depending on whether the group is considered as a whole or as a set of people considered individually.So we sayThe majority elects (not elect ) the candidate it wants (not they want ), since the election is accomplished by the group as a whole;butThe majority of the voters live (not lives ) in the city, since living in the city is something that each voter does individually. ·Majority is often preceded by great (but not by greater ) in expressing emphatically the sense of "most of": 当它是指处于多数地位的一组人或事物时，其动词既可以用单数也可以用复数，取决于把这个集体当作一个整体来看待还是当作个别的人的组合。所以我们说大多数人选举了 （不用 elect ) 他们所想要的候选人 （不用 they want )， 因为选举是由一个作为整体的群体所完成的；但是大多数投票者住在 （不用 lives ) 市区， 因为住在城市里是每个投票人作为个人所做的事情。Majority 的前面往往加一个 great （但是不加 greater )， 用来强调指出“大多数”的含义： The great majority approved. 绝大多数同意了。
- The phrasegreater majority is appropriate only when considering two majorities: 词组greater majority 只是在两个多数作比较时才适用： He won by a greater majority in this election than in the last. 他比上一次赢得更多数的选票
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