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单词 domination
释义 dom·i·nation
\ˌdäməˈnāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, dominacioun, from Middle French domination, from Latin domination-, dominatio, from dominatus, + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : supremacy or ascendancy over another or others
2.
 a. : exercise of mastery or ruling power
  < looking out for one's own today is rapidly taking the form of attempted global domination — Norman Cousins >
  < the only alternative to complete domination in Southeast Asia — Hugh Gaitskell >
 b. : dominion, suzerainty
  < named during the French and Spanish domination of Louisiana >
3. : exercise of preponderant influence
4.
 a. : compelling political and economic influence
  < with the empire going, the establishment of British domination has to take a new direction: in the field of technology — Jean Hills >
 b. : governing or controlling influence
  < the long period of Chinese domination in Japanese art — Laurence Binyon >
  < perhaps not marry, for she was under the domination of her creed which did not permit divorce — Donn Byrne >
  < what varies surprisingly little is the efficacy of his personal domination of both orchestra and public — Virgil Thomson >
 c. : the dominating by an employer of a labor organization
5. dominations plural : dominion 4
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