majority例句

1. （大）多数，过半数，大部分（份），多人
2. 【律】成年，成人
3. （多得的）票数，超出其余各方票数总和的票数
4. 多数党，多数派
5. 法定年龄
6. 少校军阶，陆军少校的职位，少校级

1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;

   "the majority of his customers prefer it"
   "the bulk of the work is finished"
   

2. (elections) more than half of the votes
3. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs

1.多数;大多数
Themajority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.

e.g. Themajority of my patients come to me from out of town...
大多数来找我看病的患者都是外省人。
e.g. The vastmajority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk...
我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。

2.多数票;超过对方的票数
Amajority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.

majority的反义词

e.g. Members of parliament approved the move by amajority of ninety-nine...
议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。
e.g. According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clearmajority...
从大多数民意调查的结果来看，他很有可能以绝对多数票胜出。

3.(观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的
Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.

e.g. ...her continuing disagreement with themajority view...
她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致
e.g. Amajority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead.
这项计划若要实施，必须获得股东 75%的多数票。

4.法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁)
Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.

e.g. The age ofmajority in Romania is eighteen...
罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。
e.g. Once you reach yourmajority, you may do what you damned well please.
等你成年后，就可以随心所欲了。

5. see also: absolute majority;moral majority

1. The Conservatives got in by a majority.
   保守党人以多数当选。
2. The vote lacks three of being a majority.
   差三张选票就过半数。
3. Dr. Gray was elected by a large majority.
   格雷博士以多数票当选。
4. An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform.
   绝大多数委员赞成实行币制改革。
5. What he has just said does not accord with the views of the majority.
   他刚才所说的同大多数人所持的观点不一致。
6. He believes that his supporters are in the majority.
   他相信支持他的人占多数。
7. The director prefers going along with the majority.
   主任同意大多数人的意见。
8. Though some suggested putting up Johnson as a candidate, the majority seemed to be for Jones.
   虽然有些人提名约翰逊为候选人,但大多数人却似乎赞成琼斯。
9. The party I support has won by a majority of 264 votes.
   我所支持的政党以超过对方264票获胜。
10. The candidate was put in by a majority of one thousand.
    这个候选人以一千票的多数当选。
11. The majority rules in a democracy.
    民主国家一切听任多数人的意见裁决。
12. The majority was for the plan.
    多数人赞成这个计划。
13. The majority of the intellectuals want to make progress.
    多数知识分子要求进步。
14. The majority of people prefer peace to war.
    多数人要和平,不要战争。
15. She has reached her majority.
    她已达到法定年龄。
16. The majority of his books are kept upstairs.
    他的大部分书藏在楼上。
17. The majority of the damage is easy to repair.
    这次的大部分损害容易补救。
18. Who says the majority is always able to impose its will on the minority?
    谁说多数人总是能将其意志强加在少数人身上呢?

• compose the majority形成多数派
• enter the majority参加多数派
• form a majority形成多数
• gain a majority取得大多数人的帮助
• get majority获得多数票
• go over to majority参加多数派
• have a majority拥有多数
• hold a majority拥有多数
• join the majority参加多数派
• receive majority获得多数票
• serve the majority为大多数(人)服务
• get one's majority到了成年
• go to the great majority死
• join the great majority死
• pass over to the great majority死

• clear majority绝对多数
• good majority大多数
• great majority大多数
• handsome majority可观的多数
• large majority绝大多数
• narrow majority微弱的多数
• silent majority沉默的大多数
• small majority微弱的多数
• two-thirds majority三分之二的多数
• vast majority绝大多数
• working majority足以成事的多数

• committee majority委员会的过半数

• by a majority以多数
• in a majority占多数

• majority of people多数人

大部分土地已犁过了。

误 The majority of the land has been cultivated.

正 Most of the land has been cultivated.

析 majority只能用来修饰可数的数量,不可修饰不可数的数量。