| 单词 | plurality |
| 释义 | plurality (once / 3566 pages) n In an election with three or more candidates, where no one gets more than half of the votes, you would win if you had the plurality. The word plurality first appeared in the 14th Century as "the state of being plural." The meaning applied to an election emerged in the United States around 1828, referring to a group of candidates where none has an absolute majority over the others. We can also use it to express a multitude of anything. For example, the United States is a nation with a plurality of races and religions. Here, plurality gives you the idea of a large, undefined number. WORD FAMILYplurality: pluralities+/plural: pluralise, pluralism, plurality, pluralize, plurally, plurals/pluralise: pluralisation, pluralising/pluralism: pluralist, pluralistic/pluralist: pluralists/pluralistic: pluralistically/pluralize: pluralization, pluralized, pluralizes, pluralizing USAGE EXAMPLESDespite Clinton’s popular plurality, however, she lost several industrial states in the Rust Belt by narrow margins. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) And at least Lincoln won a plurality of the total vote, beating the No. 2 finisher, Stephen A. Douglas, by 10 percentage points. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) The public interest centres on plurality and fitness. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) 1n the state of being plural to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable Hyper state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n a large indefinite number a plurality of religions Syn|Hyper battalion, large number, multitude, pack large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 3n (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) Syn|Hyper relative majority relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose |
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