majorities

英 [məˈdʒɒrɪtiz]

美 [məˈdʒɔrɪtiz]

n.  大部分; 大多数; (获胜的)票数; 多数票; 超出其余各方票数总和的票数
majority的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-SING-COLL 多数;大多数
  Themajorityof people or things in a group is more than half of them.
  1. The majority of my patients come to me from out of town...
     大多数来找我看病的患者都是外省人。
  2. The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk...
     我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。
  3. As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes...
     这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。
  4. Still, a majority continue to support the treaty.
     大多数人依然支持这份条约。
• N-COUNT 多数票;超过对方的票数
  Amajorityis the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.
  1. Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine...
     议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。
  2. According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clear majority...
     从大多数民意调查的结果来看，他很有可能以绝对多数票胜出。
  3. The Trust's annual meeting has decided by a narrow majority to ban deer hunting.
     国民托管组织的年度会议以微弱的多数票决定禁止猎鹿。
• ADJ (观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的
  Majorityis used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.
  1. ...her continuing disagreement with the majority view...
     她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致
  2. A majority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead.
     这项计划若要实施，必须获得股东 75%的多数票。
• N-UNCOUNT 法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁)
  Majorityis the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.
  1. The age of majority in Romania is eighteen...
     罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。
  2. Once you reach your majority, you may do what you damned well please.
     等你成年后，就可以随心所欲了。
• See also:absolute majoritymoral majority

双语例句

• Large majorities of white Americans say blacks have the same opportunities as whites in housing, education and employment.
  占多数的白人说，黑人在住房、教育和就业方面与白人有同等的机会。
• Despite his resounding electoral victory, his solid majorities in both chambers of Congress and the obvious goodwill of the bulk of the electorate, Mr Obama has seemed curiously feeble.
  尽管他在选举中获得了彻底的胜利，在国会两院中赢得大多数议员的支持，以及大多数选民对他抱有明显的善意，匪夷所思的说，奥巴马先生似乎仍显得有些微弱。
• That the blessing of liberty which our Constitution secures may be enjoyed alike by minorities and majorities, the Executive has been wisely invested with a qualified veto upon the acts of the Legislature.
  我们宪法所保证的自由同样为少数人和多数人享有，执政者被明智地赋予有资格对某些立法作出否决。
• Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?& in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable?
  在政府中，如果实际上不是由大多数人而是由良知来决定正误的，而大多数人只决定那些适用于便利规则的问题，这样的政府不可能存在吗？
• Mr Tsang can usually rely on an alliance of pro-business and pro-Beijing legislators to cobble together the majorities he needs.
  曾荫权通常可以依赖于由亲商界和亲北京的立法会议员组成的联盟，来凑足他所需要的多数票。
• Majorities also said countries had a right to go to war to ensure adequate energy supplies.
  多数人还表示，各国有权为确保充足的能源供应而战。
• Both the House and Senate have delivered majorities for the trade promotion authority necessary to complete TPP.
  美国参众两院都以多数票通过了完成TPP谈判所需要的贸易促进授权（TPA）。
• One of the great consequences of the system is that it produces majorities automatically.
  这种制度的最大结果就是它自动地产生了多数党。
• Large majorities in India and China said they believed a conflict over energy resources was likely in Asia.
  绝大多数印度人和中国人认为，亚洲有可能发生能源冲突。
• With President Obama and our strengthened majorities in Congress, we can get our economy back on track.
  总统奥巴马和我们加强了多数议员的支持，我们能够得到我们的经济重新走上轨道。