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

单词	preponderance
释义	pre·pon·der·ance \-d(ə)rən(t)s\ noun (-s) Etymology: from preponderant, after such pairs as English abundant : abundance 1. : a superiority in weight; specifically : the excess of weight of the part of a cannon behind the axis of the trunnions over that in front 2. : a superiority in power, influence, importance, or strength < this overwhelming preponderance of American power and wealth — Barbara Ward > < the immense preponderance of good over evil — C.W.Eliot > < the preponderance of the evidence > 3. a. : a superiority or excess in number or quantity < give numerical preponderance in the lower house to the uplands of the state — U.B.Phillips > < the preponderance of small farms was also advantageous to the slave — American Guide Series: Tennessee > b. : majority < the great preponderance of the animals on the road are mules — Christopher Rand >
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