英语词汇“predominantly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

When the weather forecast says the day will be predominantly sunny, that means it will be mostly sunny.

Like the word dominate, predominantly comes from the Latin dominari meaning "to rule, dominate, govern." Use predominantly to describe the general, ruling quality of something, the same way you'd use the phrase "for the most part." An actor who is predominantly in films, appears mostly in movies, but might sometimes do live theater or TV. A neighborhood that is predominantly Indian has mostly Indian people living there, but maybe other groups too, in smaller numbers.

WORD FAMILY

predominant: predominantly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Sixty-one other people were injured by the blast in the predominantly Shia Muslim eastern district of Sadr City.

BBC(Jan 02, 2017)

The world of billionaires and millionaires, measured by wealth, also remains a predominantly male club.

New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)

“People are looking predominantly in the city center rather than the suburbs,” Mr. Fox said.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016)

adv much greater in number or influence

the patients are predominantly indigenous

Syn

preponderantly

单词	predominantly
释义	predominantly (once / 3055 pages) adv When the weather forecast says the day will be predominantly sunny, that means it will be mostly sunny. Like the word dominate, predominantly comes from the Latin dominari meaning "to rule, dominate, govern." Use predominantly to describe the general, ruling quality of something, the same way you'd use the phrase "for the most part." An actor who is predominantly in films, appears mostly in movies, but might sometimes do live theater or TV. A neighborhood that is predominantly Indian has mostly Indian people living there, but maybe other groups too, in smaller numbers. WORD FAMILY predominant: predominantly USAGE EXAMPLES Sixty-one other people were injured by the blast in the predominantly Shia Muslim eastern district of Sadr City. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The world of billionaires and millionaires, measured by wealth, also remains a predominantly male club. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) “People are looking predominantly in the city center rather than the suburbs,” Mr. Fox said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) adv much greater in number or influence the patients are predominantly indigenous Syn preponderantly
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