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单词 predominate
释义 predominate
 —predominately /pri dom"euh nit lee/,  adv.   —predominatingly,  adv.   —predomination,  n.   —predominator,  n.  
 /pri dom"euh nayt'/,  v.  , predominated, predominating.
  v.i.  
  1. to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  2. to have numerical superiority or advantage: The radicals predominate in the new legislature.
  3. to surpass others in authority or influence; be preeminent: He predominated in the political scene.
  4. to have or exert controlling power (often fol. by over): Good sense predominated over the impulse to fight.
  5. to appear more noticeable or imposing than something else: Blues and greens predominated in the painting.
  v.t.  
  6. to dominate or prevail over.
 [1585-95; < ML praedominatus, ptp. of praedominari to predominate. See PRE-, DOMINATE]
 Syn. 4. overrule, dominate.
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