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prepotent

/pree-poht-nt/US // priˈpoʊt nt //UK // (prɪˈpəʊtənt) //

预产期,预备役,预产,预付

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : preeminent in power, authority, or influence; predominant: a prepotent name in the oil business.
    • : Genetics. noting, pertaining to, or having prepotency.

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Examples

  • He shows that the wild parent is not necessarily prepotent, although many writers have urged that view.

  • The Italian race is, I believe, prepotent in mixed marriages.

  • The women wept quietly, but Jeff's eyes were dry, though his face was discharged of all its prepotent impudence.

  • As has been said, they are so prepotent, uniform, and distinct from the other breeds that they may be called a race of cattle.

  • Breeders claim to be able to produce cattle so prepotent that they will produce their like, however mated.