| 单词 | plurality |
| 释义 | plurality (plʊərælɪti ) Word forms: pluralities 1. quantifier If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. [formal] Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers. [+ of] 2. quantifier If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea. [formal] The Conservative Party retained a plurality of the votes. [+ of] 35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change. 3. countable noun A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates. [US] He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent. 4. countable noun A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second. [US] Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82. Collocations: plurality of voices With this plurality of voices, what exactly makes a 'quintessential seventies film'? The Times Literary Supplement Having a plurality of voices minimises the risk of groupthink. Times,Sunday Times The company governed itself by a plurality of voices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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