单词 | preponderant |
释义 | preponderant (once / 2969 pages) adj WORD FAMILY preponderant: preponderance, preponderantly+/preponderance: preponderances USAGE EXAMPLES"We have to recover the presence of a pope in this preponderant area of humanity," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said. Reuters(Jan 10, 2015) Boredom, especially with "Western Society," which stretches close to the two-hour mark without intermission, becomes preponderant. Los Angeles Times(Sep 18, 2014) “You need to keep the big three on board,” said Mr. Rahman, referring to the preponderant influence of Britain, France and Germany. New York Times(Jul 24, 2014) adj having superior power and influence Syn overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating dominant exercising influence or control |
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