a preponderance of something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha preponderance of somethinga preponderance of something formalMOSTif there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, there are more of that type than of any other There is a preponderance of female students in the music department. → preponderanceExamples from the Corpusa preponderance of something• At first glance there appears to be a preponderance of narrow gauge or what I would call miniature railways.• It has concluded, by a preponderance of evidence, that he later slashed her to death.• At sentencing, the judge found by a preponderance of the evidence that Putra had been involved in both transactions.• The franchise reform of June 1907 ensured a preponderance of landowners in the Third and Fourth Dumas.• Even the Quark editors remark on a preponderance of work on either the cosmos or evolution, but little in between.• In a civil case, jurors need only a preponderance of evidence to rule for the plaintiff and the defendant must testify.• Giants planners have claimed that a preponderance of ballpark spectators will use transit or walk.

单词	a preponderance of something
释义	a preponderance of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha preponderance of somethinga preponderance of something formalMOSTif there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, there are more of that type than of any other There is a preponderance of female students in the music department. → preponderanceExamples from the Corpusa preponderance of something• At first glance there appears to be a preponderance of narrow gauge or what I would call miniature railways.• It has concluded, by a preponderance of evidence, that he later slashed her to death.• At sentencing, the judge found by a preponderance of the evidence that Putra had been involved in both transactions.• The franchise reform of June 1907 ensured a preponderance of landowners in the Third and Fourth Dumas.• Even the Quark editors remark on a preponderance of work on either the cosmos or evolution, but little in between.• In a civil case, jurors need only a preponderance of evidence to rule for the plaintiff and the defendant must testify.• Giants planners have claimed that a preponderance of ballpark spectators will use transit or walk.
随便看	, km , labor relations , labor union , Laundromat , level tendering , life after death , Mac , mag tape , mantelshelf , MBWA , mobility of labour , not-for-profit , notice of eviction , O&M , on a dare , on a team , organisational behaviour , pace something ↔ out , paddy wagon , PC , pommie , quadr- , record low , rouge , second-section