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单词 majority
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majority
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Majority means “most of,” or the biggest part. Does the majority of what owls eat — mice, rats, squirrels, moles — sound appetizing to you? If not, you’re probably in the majority of people.
In an election, victory usually goes to whoever wins the majority of votes, or more than half of them. The opposite of majority is minority. A majority of the more than one billion Roman Catholics in the world live in Latin America; a small minority of all Roman Catholics live in Asia.
WORD FAMILY
majority: majorities+/major: majored, majoring, majority, majorly, majors
USAGE EXAMPLES
Separate events in both chambers will be held on Tuesday, leaving both the House and Senate with substantial Republican majorities.
Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017)
Under the Reid rules, President Obama needed only a simple majority to get his nominees through, not the 60 votes to stop a GOP filibuster.
Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)
The Fabian Society said securing an overall majority was "currently unthinkable" for Labour.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
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1n the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
the majority of his customers prefer it
Syn|Ant|Hyper
bulk
minority
being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
figure, number
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
2n (elections) more than half of the votes
Syn|Hyper
absolute majority
relative quantity
a quantity relative to some purpose
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n the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
Syn|Ant|Hyper
legal age
minority, nonage
any age prior to the legal age
age, eld
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
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