英语词汇“majority”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-学习网

主要翻译
英语		中文
majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(group of people)	多数派 duō shù pài
		多数党 duō shù dǎng
		多数 duō shù
	The majority of people don't really care about the rest of the world.
	多数人不怎么关心世界上其他地方的情况。
majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(over 50%)	多数 duō shù
		大部分 dà bù fèn
		大部分 dà bù fèn
	The referendum was to be decided by a simple majority.
	公投通过单纯表决法来决定。

其他翻译
英语		中文
the majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(largest group)	多数票
		多数席位
	The Labour party won the majority in the last election.
majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	uncountable (legal adulthood)	法定年龄 fǎ dìng nián líng
	The teenage criminals were sentenced lightly because they hadn't reached majority yet.
majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	figurative (the dead)	过世的人
		去世的人
	Ted's grandmother went to join the majority last night.
majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(rank) (军衔)	少校 shào xiào
	The officer was promoted to majority for his exemplary service.

复合形式：
英语		中文
absolute majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(votes totalling more than half)	绝对多数 jué duì duō shù
	The party won the election by an absolute majority.
by a majority advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very* rare," "happening now," "fall down."*	(by most people, by more than half)	多数地 duō shù de
	They were able to pass their laws by a majority vote of 51 to 49.
in the majority adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall* girl," "an interesting book," "a big house."*	(the largest group)	大多数的 dà duō shù de
		大部分的 dà bù fèn de
	Single women are in the majority at the company I work for.
in the majority advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very* rare," "happening now," "fall down."*	(in most)	大多数地 dà duō shù de
		大体地 dà tǐ de
	In the majority of shops, credit cards are an acceptable method of payment.
silent majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	US (supporters of conservative values)	沉默的大多数 chén mò de dà duō shù
	The silent majority has no agenda, no power base, and no direction.
simple majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(more than 50% of votes)	简单多数 jiǎn dān duō shù
	A simple majority is all that is needed to pass the legislation.
tyranny of the majority nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.	(democracy's threat to individual rights)	多数暴政 duō shǔ bào zhèng
		多数人的暴政 duō shù rén de bào zhèng
		多数派的专制 duō shù pài de zhuān zhì
	The United States Bill of Rights was written to protect citizens from a tyranny of the majority.

Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:

majority [m&'d[zh]%rItI]

I n

1 [s + pl vb] [of people, things] 大多数(數) dàduōshù

2 [c] (=margin)
[of votes] 多数(數)票 duōshù piào

3 [u] (=adulthood) 成年 chéngnián

II cpd 复合词 [+ verdict, holding] 多数(數) duōshù

to be in a or the majority
占(佔)多数(數) zhàn duōshù

the (vast) majority of…
(绝(絕))大多数(數)… (jué)dàduōshù…

在这些条目还发现'majority'：

在英文解释里：

balance - democratically - dissension - dissentient - feminize - full age - major - male-dominated - most - most of - overriding - parent company - plurality - preponderance - weight - working

中文：

多数 - 大多数 - 绝大多数 - 大半 - 绝大部分