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单词 predominating
释义 preˈdominating, ppl. a.
[f. predominate v. + -ing2.]
That predominates; controlling, ruling, prevailing; rarely, domineering, lording it.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars (1609) v. xciii, The pride of some predominating will.1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 357 Not so much the Predominating as the Denominating Forme.1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xv, But then..that ‘one’ must be tender to her, not rude and predominating in his manners.1904Expositor Mar. 186 Joyousness is the predominating characteristic of Judaism.
Hence preˈdominatingly adv.
1884Browning Ferishtah, Bean-stripe 222 Either..seems Predominatingly the colour.1905Orr Probl. O.T. vii. 196 Portions of chapters in Genesis are marked by the use exclusively or predominatingly of the divine name Elohim.
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