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predominate

/pri-dom-uh-neyt/US // prɪˈdɒm əˌneɪt //UK // (prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt) //

占主导地位的,占主导地位,主导的,占优势的

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v.无主动词 verb
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    pre·dom·i·nat·ed, pre·dom·i·nat·ing.

    • : to be the stronger or leading element or force.
    • : to have numerical superiority or advantage: The radicals predominate in the new legislature.
    • : to surpass others in authority or influence; be preeminent: He predominated in the political scene.
    • : to have or exert controlling power: Good sense predominated over the impulse to fight.
    • : to appear more noticeable or imposing than something else: Blues and greens predominated in the painting.
v.有主动词 verb
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    pre·dom·i·nat·ed, pre·dom·i·nat·ing.

    • : to dominate or prevail over.

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Examples

  • The TOGETHER study was mostly conducted before the delta variant predominated in Brazil.

  • I don’t think it’s clear to anybody on the outside which elements predominate there.

  • Basic services and facilities are now hard to come by; roads may be unpaved or nonexistent; children and old folks predominate.

  • Not surprisingly, given the elements (brooding auteur, noir template, gulag-y setting), the darker shades of emotion predominate.

  • Around Santiago, clay and sand predominate, and the soil can not be highly praised.

  • We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

  • The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice predominate over the vertical lines of the columns.

  • If it be narrative or descriptive, there is no definition or proof; but the development by details will predominate.

  • Let them even make some sacrifice of that buoyant feeling which, at their age, is so apt to predominate.