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

pre·pon·der·ate

(prĭ-pŏndə-rāt′)

intr.v. pre·pon·der·at·ed, pre·pon·der·at·ing, pre·pon·der·ates

1. To exceed something else in weight.

2. To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate: "In balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate" (Henry Fielding).

adj. (-dər-ĭt)

Preponderant.

[Latin praeponderāre, praeponderāt- : prae-, pre- + ponderāre, to weigh; see (s)pen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

pre·ponder·ate·ly adv.

pre·pon′der·ation n.

单词	preponderate
释义	pre·pon·der·ate (prĭ-pŏndə-rāt′) intr.v. pre·pon·der·at·ed, pre·pon·der·at·ing, pre·pon·der·ates 1. To exceed something else in weight. 2. To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate: "In balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate" (Henry Fielding). adj. (-dər-ĭt) Preponderant. [Latin praeponderāre, praeponderāt- : prae-, pre- + ponderāre, to weigh; see (s)pen- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pre·ponder·ate·ly adv. pre·pon′der·ation n.
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