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单词 preponderant
释义
preponderantpre‧pon‧de‧rant /prɪˈpɒndərənt $ -ˈpɑːn-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpreponderant
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin present participle of praeponderare ‘to weigh more than’
Examples
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  • As a result, I share the preponderant view that shorter sentences are often worse than longer sentences.
  • Before the war the preponderant output was produced in mass for a prospective demand.
  • Its influence remained preponderant until the tenth century.
  • There is a preponderant objection: popularity is worthless as an index of quality.
main, most important, or most frequentpreponderantly adverb:  the preponderantly female staff at the factory
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