majority中文什么意思

n.
1.大多数，过半数，大部分。
2.(选举)(多于对方全体票数的)多得票数 (cf. plurality)。 ★例如：A得120票，B得70票，C得30票时，A的 majority 是 20票，A 的 plurality 则是50票。
3.陆军少校的职位，少校级。
+更多解释...4.成年；法定年龄。
短语和例子
The minority is subordinate to the majority. 少数服从多数。 attain [reach] one's majority达到成年。 the majority opinion 多数人的意见。 be in the majority by ... 仅多…票。 by a majority of 多得…票(当选)。 join [go over to, pass over to] the majority 死去。 the silent majority 沉默的大多数，沉默的群体〔指政治上不愿公开表态但却抱有一定看法的大多数民众〕。

• a majority of:    大部分
• be in majority:    处于多数; 占大多数
• be in the majority:    占多数

例句与用法

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1. The motion was lost by a majority of two .
   动议以两票之差被否决了。
2. The motion was passed by an overwhelming majority .
   提案以压倒多数通过。
3. A good majority of those present rose .
   在场的很多人都站了起来。
4. He was voted in by a handsome majority .
   他以可观的多数票当选。
5. She reaches her majority next month .
   她下个月就到成年年龄了。

英文释义

名词

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"
   同义词：bulk
2. (elections) more than half of the votes
   同义词：absolute majority
3. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
   同义词：legal age

百科释义

A majority is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset considered; i.