英 [prɪˈdɒmɪneɪt] 美 [prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪt]
v. （数量上）占优势，占大多数；占主导地位，占支配地位； <罕>支配，主宰
adj. 主要的，占支配地位的
第三人称单数predominates
现在分词predominating
过去式predominated
过去分词predominated
比较级more predominate
最高级most predominate
predominate /prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt/ [ predominating predominated predominates ]
不及物动词 If one type of person or thing predominates in a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other. (在数量上) 占优势
In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger.
在年龄较大的人群中，女性占多数，因为男性的寿命倾向于短些。
不及物动词 When a feature or quality predominates, it is the most important or noticeable one in a situation. 占主导地位
He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate.
他想创建一个伊斯兰教信念占主导地位的社会。
having superior power and influence
同义词： overriding / paramount / predominant / preponderant / preponderating
占优势
占优势
... predominant a.有势力的；极其显著的，盛行的 predominate v.支配，统治；(数量、力量等)占优势 preeminent a.出类拔萃的 ...
... predispose 使倾向于,使偏向于 predominant 支配,优势的 predominate 支配,占优势 ...
... predict v.预知，预言，预报 predominate vt.掌握，控制，支配， preface n.序文，绪言，前言 ...
... predominantly大多,主要地 predominate主要的 probability概率 ...
predominant 主要的；卓越的；支配的；有力的；有影响的
predominantly 主要地；显著地
predominance 优势；卓越
predomination 优势；卓越；支配
占主导（或支配）地位；占优势
Very little light filters through the canopy of leaves and branches in a rain forest to reach ground level—or close to the ground—and at those levels the yellow-to-green wavelengths predominate.
在雨林中，很少有光透过树叶和树枝形成的树荫到达地面——或者接近地面——在这些高度上，黄色到绿色的波长占主导地位。
He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate.
他想创建一个伊斯兰教信念占主导地位的社会。
Private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.
私人利益不得置于公众利益之上。
"But the most wonderful thing is that despite all those tensions, people are able to worship freely, there is such a variety of different devotion and celebration in the streets of Jerusalem, and that's the spirit that really should predominate at this time."
VOA : standard.2010.04.01
So the sense that one actually is pretty adept in knowing is one that tends to predominate in the university.
因此在大学中，认为自己了解很多,这种心态颇为流行。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
Against the backdrop of Marx's thought pervading - not just Russian life but beginning to pervade Russian government-- against this backdrop, the idea of struggle, as in class struggle, is going to predominate.
马克思的思想不但席卷,俄国普通百姓的生活，并且开始影响俄国政府-,在这样的背景下，人们认为阶级斗争是历史发展的主要推动力。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The love songs that predominate, as they usually do with Oberst, are long on social context.
For most of the time since 1997, the first interpretation has appeared to predominate.
But Hason also sees Boston as more occupationally diverse than Palo Alto where high-tech start-ups predominate.