數量上蓋過其他
把「蓋過其他」直接算成數字：一群東西裡，某一類的數量多到其他類加起來都比不上。
verb · C1
If one kind of person or thing predominates in a place or group, there is more of that kind there than of any other kind.
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核心畫面
Picture a crowd of different things standing together, with one kind rising above the rest so that it is what you see first. That kind is the one that predominates — sometimes because there is simply more of it than of anything else, sometimes because it carries more weight than anything else there.
可以想成一堆不同的東西擺在一起，其中一種站得比別的高，你一眼看過去就先看到它。predominate 講的就是這種「…更多收起
可以想成一堆不同的東西擺在一起，其中一種站得比別的高，你一眼看過去就先看到它。predominate 講的就是這種「蓋過其他」的狀態。它可能是因為數量多到蓋過別人，也可能是因為分量重到別的都要讓路。From the word’s history
Wiktionary records predominate as coming from Latin praedominor, and by surface analysis as pre- (over, in front) plus dominate. The literal picture, standing over the others, is the same picture the modern uses turn on.
Wiktionary 記 predominate 來自拉丁文 praedominor，拆開看就是 pre-（在上面、在前面）加 dominate（支配）。字面上的「壓在其他東西上面」，正好就是今天各種用法共用的那個畫面。
Wiktionary entry for predominate (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1285691914): From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
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分量上蓋過其他
同一個畫面換一個量尺：不是數誰多，而是秤誰重，重到別的因素都得讓路。
verb · C1
To be the strongest or most important thing in a situation, or the thing you notice most, so that it counts for more than everything else there.
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