| 单词 | dominance |
| 释义 | dominance (once / 2646 pages) n When you have power over others you are said to have dominance. For years, the British Empire had dominance over much of the world, ruling vast stretches of Africa, India, and Asia. In packs of animals, the males will often fight to determine dominance, i.e., who is top dog. Or top lion. This happens in classrooms too, with the teacher needing to establish dominance over unruly students. If your football team has dominance over its league, it means they usually beat—or dominate—most of the other teams in the league. WORD FAMILYdominance: dominances+/dominant: dominance, dominantly, dominants, subdominant USAGE EXAMPLESThough the Huskies pushed them, the depth of Alabama’s recent dominance boggles the mind. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Rousey’s dominance then difficulty should serve as a cautionary tale to fighters everywhere. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Hearts' reorganisation stemmed some of Aberdeen's dominance, but not their edge. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the power or right to give orders or make decisions Syn|Hypo|Hyper authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so power of appointment authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property carte blanchecomplete freedom or authority to act commandthe power or authority to command imperiumsupreme authority; absolute dominion lordshipthe authority of a lord muscleauthority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) sovereigntythe authority of a state to govern another state control power to direct or determine 2n the state that exists when one person or group has power over another her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her Syn|Hypo|Hyper ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control ascendant, ascendent position or state of being dominant or in control domination, mastery, supremacypower to dominate or defeat predominance, predomination, prepotencythe state of being predominant over others dominion, ruledominance or power through legal authority regulationthe state of being controlled or governed absolutism, despotism, tyrannydominance through threat of punishment and violence monopolyexclusive control or possession of something superiority, transcendence, transcendencythe state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits paramountcythe state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority rajBritish dominion over India (1757-1947) reign, sovereigntyroyal authority; the dominion of a monarch suzeraintythe position or authority of a suzerain condition, status a state at a particular time 3n superior development of one side of the body Syn|Hyper laterality bodily property an attribute of the body 4n the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not Hyper organic phenomenon (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
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