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If something is preponderant, it is the main one — the largest share, the most common, or the one that carries the most weight in a group. A preponderant view is the view most people hold. A preponderant majority is a majority so large it the rest. It is a formal, almost school-essay word. You meet it in careful writing and news analysis; everyday English says main, the biggest, or the most common. The picture behind it is a pair of scales: this side the other. Though actually, it does not always mean most important in a moral sense — it often just means the bigger pile. The noun people use even more is preponderance: the preponderance of evidence. There is a rare verb, , “to outweigh,” but students almost never need it.
佔優勢的、佔多數的(很正式;日常說「主要的」「佔大多數的」)
組成From Latin praeponderāns, the form of praeponderō meaning “to outweigh”: prae- (in front / more) + ponderāre (to weigh).
同家族的字
- preponderancethe noun: the greater share or greater weight
- pondershares the old Latin “weigh” piece — but ponder now means to think something over, not to outweigh it
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
preponderantadj
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Having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force.
- The judge gave preponderant weight to the physical evidence.
- Women continue to play a preponderant role in caregiving.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。