单词 | preponderant |
释义 | preponderant From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpreponderantpre‧pon‧de‧rant /prɪˈpɒndərənt $ -ˈpɑːn-/ adjective formalMAINmain, most important, or most frequent —preponderantly adverb the preponderantly female staff at the factoryExamples from the Corpuspreponderant• There is a preponderant objection: popularity is worthless as an index of quality.• Before the war the preponderant output was produced in mass for a prospective demand.• Its influence remained preponderant until the tenth century.• As a result, I share the preponderant view that shorter sentences are often worse than longer sentences.Origin preponderant (1600-1700) Latin present participle of praeponderare “to weigh more than” |
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